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Gender Issues in Digital Financial Services

EPAR TECHNICAL REPORT #311

Thu, 08/06/2015

AUTHORS: Pierre Biscaye, Jordan Clarke, Melissa LaFayette, C. Leigh Anderson, Travis Reynolds

ABSTRACT: 

This report provides a summary of findings from six Financial Inclusion Insights (FII) data analysis reports conducted by various agencies for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). These reports investigate barriers to financial inclusion and use of digital financial services (DFS) in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Uganda. We compile comparable gender-specific statistics, summarize the authors’ findings to determine commonalities and differences across countries, and highlight gender-specific conclusions and recommendations provided in the studies. 

TYPE OF RESEARCH: Literature Review

RESEARCH TOPIC CATEGORY: Finance & Investment; Gender; Technology; Information & Mobile Technology

POPULATION(S): Women

GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS: South Asia Region and Selected Countries; Sub-Saharan Africa

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