Mobile Technologies and Digitized Data to Promote Access to Finance for Women in Agriculture

The evidence that women both drive agricultural production and rely on it for their livelihoods means that greater financial and informational service provision to women, especially through digital channels, could increase the efficiency and effect...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES WOMEN FINANCE POLICY AGRICULTURE ACCESS TO FINANCE GENDER REGULATION DISCLOSURE TRANSPARENCY CONSUMER PROTECTION INSURANCE FINANCIAL INCLUSION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/855471513670397514/Mobile-technologies-and-digitized-data-to-promote-access-to-finance-for-women-in-agriculture http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29104

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spelling	okr-10986-291042021-05-25T09:09:12Z Mobile Technologies and Digitized Data to Promote Access to Finance for Women in Agriculture World Bank Group MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES WOMEN FINANCE POLICY AGRICULTURE ACCESS TO FINANCE GENDER REGULATION DISCLOSURE TRANSPARENCY CONSUMER PROTECTION INSURANCE FINANCIAL INCLUSION The evidence that women both drive agricultural production and rely on it for their livelihoods means that greater financial and informational service provision to women, especially through digital channels, could increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their labor. While the numerous barriers to women’s access to Digital financial Services (DFS) are clear, clarifying the best methodologies by which to overcome these is both dependent on situational context and still subject to research and testing. This report provides the state of play of current and promising efforts that use mobile technology and digitized data to close the gap in access to finance for women in agriculture. It includes three components: 1) a review of the financial characteristics and needs of women in agriculture, based on an extensive literature review; 2) a stock taking of initiatives that use mobile technologies and digitized data for agricultural finance and women’s financial inclusion; and 3) an analysis of gaps in existing initiatives that would increase access to DFS by women farmers, laborers and women-owned agricultural MSMEs. The report also examines the regulatory environment around DFS and ways that regulators are working to increase responsible access to women. 2017-12-28T21:08:24Z 2017-12-28T21:08:24Z 2017 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/855471513670397514/Mobile-technologies-and-digitized-data-to-promote-access-to-finance-for-women-in-agriculture http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29104 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic	MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES WOMEN FINANCE POLICY AGRICULTURE ACCESS TO FINANCE GENDER REGULATION DISCLOSURE TRANSPARENCY CONSUMER PROTECTION INSURANCE FINANCIAL INCLUSION
spellingShingle	MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES WOMEN FINANCE POLICY AGRICULTURE ACCESS TO FINANCE GENDER REGULATION DISCLOSURE TRANSPARENCY CONSUMER PROTECTION INSURANCE FINANCIAL INCLUSION World Bank Group Mobile Technologies and Digitized Data to Promote Access to Finance for Women in Agriculture
description	The evidence that women both drive agricultural production and rely on it for their livelihoods means that greater financial and informational service provision to women, especially through digital channels, could increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their labor. While the numerous barriers to women’s access to Digital financial Services (DFS) are clear, clarifying the best methodologies by which to overcome these is both dependent on situational context and still subject to research and testing. This report provides the state of play of current and promising efforts that use mobile technology and digitized data to close the gap in access to finance for women in agriculture. It includes three components: 1) a review of the financial characteristics and needs of women in agriculture, based on an extensive literature review; 2) a stock taking of initiatives that use mobile technologies and digitized data for agricultural finance and women’s financial inclusion; and 3) an analysis of gaps in existing initiatives that would increase access to DFS by women farmers, laborers and women-owned agricultural MSMEs. The report also examines the regulatory environment around DFS and ways that regulators are working to increase responsible access to women.
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title	Mobile Technologies and Digitized Data to Promote Access to Finance for Women in Agriculture
title_short	Mobile Technologies and Digitized Data to Promote Access to Finance for Women in Agriculture
title_full	Mobile Technologies and Digitized Data to Promote Access to Finance for Women in Agriculture
title_fullStr	Mobile Technologies and Digitized Data to Promote Access to Finance for Women in Agriculture
title_full_unstemmed	Mobile Technologies and Digitized Data to Promote Access to Finance for Women in Agriculture
title_sort	mobile technologies and digitized data to promote access to finance for women in agriculture
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/855471513670397514/Mobile-technologies-and-digitized-data-to-promote-access-to-finance-for-women-in-agriculture http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29104
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Mobile Technologies and Digitized Data to Promote Access to Finance for Women in Agriculture

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