Leveraging Geospatial Technology for Financial Inclusion : Financial Inclusion Support Framework
Geospatial technology can be used to map financial access points and assess the distribution of financial services across space, allowing authorities to identify gaps in existing coverage clearly and with much higher precision than is otherwise pos...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/748001606161719948/Leveraging-Geospatial-Technology-for-Financial-Inclusion http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34885 |
| Summary: | Geospatial technology can be used to map
financial access points and assess the distribution of
financial services across space, allowing authorities to
identify gaps in existing coverage clearly and with much
higher precision than is otherwise possible. It can also
help to prioritize gaps with respect to various policy
objectives as well as design appropriate policy
interventions at a subnational level. This note provides
financial sector authorities and other stakeholders
practical guidance for leveraging geospatial tools to inform
financial inclusion policymaking. It draws from the work
conducted in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Pakistan under the
Financial Inclusion Support Framework (FISF) program. |
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