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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Main Authors: Ul Haq, Imtiaz, Gradstein, Helen Luskin
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/748001606161719948/Leveraging-Geospatial-Technology-for-Financial-Inclusion
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spelling okr-10986-348852021-04-23T14:02:10Z Leveraging Geospatial Technology for Financial Inclusion : Financial Inclusion Support Framework Ul Haq, Imtiaz Gradstein, Helen Luskin GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY FINANCIAL INCLUSION GEOSPATIAL MAPPING ACCESS TO FINANCE FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL CONSUMER PROTECTION FINANCIAL SERVICES MICROENTERPRISES FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE 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. 2020-12-07T17:32:36Z 2020-12-07T17:32:36Z 2020-09 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/748001606161719948/Leveraging-Geospatial-Technology-for-Financial-Inclusion http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34885 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Financial Sector Study Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) South Asia Ethiopia Pakistan
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topic GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY
FINANCIAL INCLUSION
GEOSPATIAL MAPPING
ACCESS TO FINANCE
FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL CONSUMER PROTECTION
FINANCIAL SERVICES
MICROENTERPRISES
FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
spellingShingle GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY
FINANCIAL INCLUSION
GEOSPATIAL MAPPING
ACCESS TO FINANCE
FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL CONSUMER PROTECTION
FINANCIAL SERVICES
MICROENTERPRISES
FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Ul Haq, Imtiaz
Gradstein, Helen Luskin
Leveraging Geospatial Technology for Financial Inclusion : Financial Inclusion Support Framework
geographic_facet Africa
Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE)
South Asia
Ethiopia
Pakistan
description 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.
format Report
author Ul Haq, Imtiaz
Gradstein, Helen Luskin
author_facet Ul Haq, Imtiaz
Gradstein, Helen Luskin
author_sort Ul Haq, Imtiaz
title Leveraging Geospatial Technology for Financial Inclusion : Financial Inclusion Support Framework
title_short Leveraging Geospatial Technology for Financial Inclusion : Financial Inclusion Support Framework
title_full Leveraging Geospatial Technology for Financial Inclusion : Financial Inclusion Support Framework
title_fullStr Leveraging Geospatial Technology for Financial Inclusion : Financial Inclusion Support Framework
title_full_unstemmed Leveraging Geospatial Technology for Financial Inclusion : Financial Inclusion Support Framework
title_sort leveraging geospatial technology for financial inclusion : financial inclusion support framework
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/748001606161719948/Leveraging-Geospatial-Technology-for-Financial-Inclusion
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