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Closing gender gap through fintech
This ADBI brief discusses policy interventions that can help governments in the Asia Pacific region leverage fintech to close the gender gap in financial inclusion. It calls for ensuring tailored services that promote ease of use, flexible regulation to promote access and active coordination among relevant government ministries to enhance financial education.
The mobile gender gap: Asia
The top barriers to mobile ownership in Asia are literacy and skills and affordability, with family disapproval also featuring as a major barrier in parts of South Asia.
How greater financial control impacts gender norms
New NBER paper finds that transferring money directly into women’s accounts and providing them financial training led to their increased participation in the labor force.
Voices to Choices : Bangladesh's Journey in Women's Economic Empowerment
This book analyzes advances in women’s economic engagement and empowerment in rural and urban Bangladesh.
Designing "smart" to overcome gender bias
Women face additional constraints because of their gender that affect their economic performance. New Oxford University Press paper suggests that specific design features - repeated micro-lending, variation in loan terms, private savings accounts, etc - in financial services can yield more positive economic outcomes for women.
How to promote women's digital financial inclusion
Prepared at the request of the G7 French Presidency, this Gates Foundation report aims to be “a blueprint for improving digital financial inclusion in Africa.”
Mobile-delivered economic ID for inclusion of SMEs
Unregistered SMEs account for 65% of Nigeria’s GDP. Most of them often struggle to demonstrate their personal and business credentials to service providers and customers. This GSMA research finds that there is a need for new approaches to identity and mobile-delivered ‘economic ID’ solution holds promise.
Role of education in financial inclusion of women
Columbia University paper finds that even when they are given the opportunity, many of India’s poor women opt out of actively engaging with the formal banking institutions. It finds that education is a significant determinant in shaping the financial decisions of India’s poor women.
