Financial Inclusion Data

Five member institutions reported financial inclusion data-related policy and regulatory changes in 2021. Since 2019, a total of 15 policy and regulatory reforms were reported by 11 member institutions.

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reforms reported by 5 member institutions in 2021

Since 2019, 11 member institutions reported 15 FID-related policy changes

National demand-side survey; collection of sex-disaggregated data

In the past 36 months, five member institutions have commissioned nationwide demand-side surveys. In 2021, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe undertook two Finscope surveys, FinScope MSMEs and FinScope Consumer, as part of the development of their second national financial inclusion strategy. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is also supporting an MSME survey, with a gender lens, to establish whether women-led enterprises are disproportionately disadvantaged in terms of access to finance. In 2021, nine member institutions availed of AFI InCountry Implementation support in enhancing their financial inclusion data and measurement framework. Specifically, members were supported in undertaking their national demand-side surveys, setting up measurement frameworks as well as sex-disaggregated data frameworks. This highlights the continuous and consistent efforts of members in enhancing their data collection capabilities and collection of quality data for policymaking.