Women’s economic empowerment through financial inclusion

2017
Page count
12
pages
Description

Increasing women’s financial inclusion is important as women disproportionately experience poverty, stemming from unequal divisions of labour and a lack of control over economic resources. This review shows that appropriate financial product design can help overcome some of these barriers. This review is organized by product and presents the existing evidence on the impact of savings, credit, payments, and insurance products on women’s economic empowerment outcomes, as well as the remaining open research questions in each area.

Publish date
Authors
K. Holloway
R. Rouse
Z. Niazi
Language of publication
English
Region/Country
Region
Global