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Blog Series

Gender, Policy, and Financial Inclusion

The most recent Findex found that of the world's 2 billion unbanked, 1.1 billion are women. Women face unique obstacles in accessing financial services, some of which result from regulations and policies meant to actuall promote financial inclusion. This blog series discuss what issues are playing a role in the exclusion of women from formal financial services and what can be done to bring more women into the economy.

Woman at market stall, Nigeria
Blog
16 March 2016

What Do We Mean When We Talk About Empowerment?

What do we mean when we say a woman is empowered? How can progress toward empowerment be measured?
Woman vendor, Nigeria
Blog
08 March 2016

Enhancing Financial Inclusion for Women in Nigeria

Even though Nigeria has a higher level of financial inclusion than Sub-Saharan Africa across three of five indicators, the gender gap in Nigeria is higher. What can be done to lower the barriers to female financial inclusion?
Sex - disaggregated Data: A Virtuous Cycle chart
Blog
17 February 2016

Catalyzing Women’s Financial Inclusion: The Role of Data

For governments, the collection of sex-disaggregated data begins
 a virtuous cycle, where its availability informs stronger, evidence-based policymaking and helps regulators evaluate the effectiveness of policies intended to promote financial inclusion.
Blog
15 February 2016

Policy into Practice: Zambia Advances Women’s Financial Inclusion

What can stakeholders do to facilitate women’s access to finance? How can they ensure that women can participate in the economy without facing constraints and barriers limiting their success?
A woman uses a phone while selling garlic and ginger from a food stall.
Blog
19 January 2016

5 Ways Digital Payments can Bring Women into the Economy

When women are locked out of the formal economy, development suffers and growth stagnates. Wiping out gender discrimination in financial access is not easy, but certainly incorporating more digital tools can help bridge the gap between men and women.
A shepherdess in Egypt tends to her flock
Blog
11 January 2016

What Excludes Women from Formal Finance in the Arab States?

Women are less than half as likely as men to have an account in the Arab world. Why such a dismal record?
A woman working as a bank agent takes stock of the day's transactions
Blog
02 November 2015

Why Women Self-Help Group Members Make for Good Bank Agents

Pilot projects that train women self-help group members as bank agents in rural areas in India are proving to be promising.
Woman farming with child in arms
Blog
29 October 2015

Banking on Change: Enabling Women’s Access to Financial Services

Women face barriers in proving their identity, traveling to a bank, opening an account, and building a credit score that all contribute to the gender gap in access to financial services.
A woman in Bangladesh receives mobile money training
Blog
26 October 2015

How Hard Is It to Use Mobile Money as a Rural Bangladeshi Woman?

Women in Bangladesh have one of the lowest rates of mobile money usage in the world. Does the dearth of usage indicate a lack of appropriate products and services? Just how hard is it to use mobile money if you are a rural Bangladeshi woman?
Women's Solidarity
Blog
15 September 2015

False Neutrality: Ensuring Policies and Regulations Benefit Women

It's possible that financial regulations can be crafted in ways to increase and improve the quality of financial inclusion for women.

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