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Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Database 2011 (Botswana)

author(s) Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit (World Bank)
from World Bank Group (WB)
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themes
regions
  • Southern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit (World Bank), 'Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Database 2011 (Botswana)', 2015

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Abstract

Well-functioning financial systems serve a vital purpose, offering savings, credit, payment, and risk management products to people with a wide range of needs. Yet until now little had been known about the global reach of the financial sector - the extent of financial inclusion and the degree to which such groups as the poor, women, and youth are excluded from formal financial systems. Systematic indicators of the use of different financial services had been lacking for most economies.

The Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) database provides such indicators. This database contains the first round of Global Findex indicators, measuring how adults in more than 140 economies save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk. The data set can be used to track the effects of financial inclusion policies globally and develop a deeper and more nuanced understanding of how people around the world manage their day-to-day finances. By making it possible to identify segments of the population excluded from the formal financial sector, the data can help policy makers prioritize reforms and design new policies.

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