Women-favoring laws will improve financial inclusion 8 SHARES Share it! “In addition, our results suggest that introducing these laws would benefit men’s financial inclusion as well. Based on the 2017 Financial Inclusion Initiatives report of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), while there are no data yet on gender-specific numbers on financial inclusion, it said 31.3 percent adult Filipinos have a transaction account (citing Findex 2014) and 14 percent have a savings account (National Baseline Financial Inclusion Survey 2015). The BSP said since 2000, it continues to create an enabling environment for financial inclusion in the country. Tags: Christine Lagarde, financial inclusion, financial services, men and women, The International Monetary Fund, Women-favoring laws will improve financial inclusion

Source: Manila Bulletin March 05, 2018 18:00 UTC