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http://undesadspd.org/Youth.aspx facebook.com/UN4Youth twitter.com/UN4Youth Young people, regardless of their socioeconomic, demographic or geographical situations, face some degree of difficulty or uncertainty as they transition to adulthood.
However, the situation that youth experience in developing countries— some ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 116 |
Youth are disproportionately affected by high unemployment rates.
The AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has already orphaned a generation of youth, and it is expected that 15 to 25 percent of children in a dozen sub- Saharan African countries will have been orphaned by AIDS by 2020.
This generation faces a very dif... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 118 |
The number of young people will peak in the next 20 years.
This unprecedented demographic growth could be seen as an opportunity but, given the baseline in terms of poverty and lack of opportunities for youth, it could represent a major threat to the future of these youth if their needs are not addressed.
The failure... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 92 |
New approaches that support vulnerable youth to proactively realize their full economic potential are gaining attention.
Access to financial and social assets is a key contributing factor to help youth make their own economic decisions and escape poverty. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 44 |
Providing young people with financial services—whether a safe place to save or an appropriately structured loan for investment in an enterprise or education— 1 http://www.uncdf.org/sites/default/files/Download/87180_UNCDF_Eng_Final_web.pdf 2 http://www.uncdf.org/sites/default/files/Download/MB_CIFY_09MAY13.pdf HIGHLIGH... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 130 |
This is most acute among low-income populations in emerging and developing economies, where approximately 80% of poor people are excluded1.
• Youth are 33% less likely to have a savings account than adults and 44% less likely to save in a formal institution2.
• Saving-account penetration rates for youth vary by geogr... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 116 |
Reasons include legal restrictions, high transaction costs and negative stereotypes about youth.
Regulatory frameworks and inclusive policies that are both youth friendly and protective of youth rights are needed to increase youth financial inclusion.
FINANCIAL INCLUSION OF YOUTH Youth financial inclusion http://unde... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 112 |
The financial component is especially effective for youth when complemented with training in entrepreneurship and financial literacy, and mentorship opportunities.
Despite these benefits, it is estimated that less than 5 percent of youth have a savings account as they face many barriers to access financial services. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 58 |
Few financial service providers (FSPs) such as banks, credit unions or microfinance institutions, understand and adequately serve the youth market, and regulatory frameworks are not designed to be youth inclusive or protective of youth rights.
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The United Nations and youth financial inclusion The United Nations is a... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 80 |
• As the lead agency on financial inclusion, the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) -- UN's capital investment agency for the world's 49 least developed countries -- in 2010 launched, in partnerships with The MasterCard Foundation, YouthStart, a $12.2 million programme aimed at increasing access to financial and non-f... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 85 |
With a specific emphasis on savings, UNCDF-YouthStart is a performance-based programme that works with FSPs to pilot and roll out sustainable financial and non-financial services tailored to young people.
• The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has partnered with Aflatoun, a non- government organization based in... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 101 |
• Both agencies (UNCDF and UNICEF) have fully endorsed the Child and Youth Finance Movement.
The Movement is a collaborative effort of over 500 organizations and individuals, including national authorities, financial institutions and networks, NGOs and educators, academics and many more, to ensure responsible and sust... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 104 |
• The UN Secretary-General made public the United Nation’s commitment to the Child and Youth Finance Movement at the first Child and Youth Finance International Summit, which took place in Amsterdam in April 2012.
The summit brought together 364 participants from 83 countries including 70 youth participants from 40 co... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 100 |
However, over the last five to ten years, an increasing number of initiatives from different donors and non-governmental organizations are promoting youth access to finance.
These initiatives work through partnerships with FSPs and youth serving organizations that share a long term vision for youth.
Through programme... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 102 |
The Child and Youth Finance Movement has ensured Youth financial inclusion http://undesadspd.org/Youth.aspx facebook.com/UN4Youth twitter.com/UN4Youth Page3 outreach to over 18 million children and youth around the world. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 62 |
YouthSave—a consortium led by Save the Children in partnership with Washington University in St. Louis, the New America Foundation and the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, and supported by The MasterCard Foundation— is developing and testing savings products accessible to low-income youth in Colombia, Ghana, Keny... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 89 |
UNCDF- YouthStart, the Child and Youth Finance Movement, and YouthSave are three of many programmes, including MEDA’s YouthInvest programme, Plan Canada’s Youth Microfinance in West Africa programme, Silatech youth programme in the Arab world, and Freedom from Hunger’s Advancing Integrated Microfinance for Youth progra... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 89 |
Through NGOs like Aflatoun, 1 million children in more than 96 countries have received financial literacy training.
In 2012, 65,000 youth in 8 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa received financial literacy training through UNCDF-YouthStart.
However, for these kinds of initiatives to achieve greater outreach and impact, ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 101 |
It is estimated that 23 countries are implementing a national strategy on financial literacy and 47 are considering developing one.
70 percent of these national strategies have a special focus on youth.
In the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, for example, there is a distinct unit on saving that is taught ever... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 88 |
The unit covers the basics of overcoming cultural barriers to saving, as well as why saving, goal setting, planning, budgeting and bank accounts are useful.
Most of these basic concepts are repeated every year in the curriculum.
In the Pacific Islands, UNCDF and UNDP have supported the integration of financial litera... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 85 |
These examples, though still scarce, represent a relevant stride towards more sustainable models to deliver financial literacy, greater outreach to youth and greater impact to improve youth financial capabilities.
The way forward Youth still face many barriers in accessing financial services, including restrictions in... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 77 |
Overcoming these barriers and achieving successful youth financial inclusion requires a multi-stakeholder approach that engages government (including policymakers, regulators and line ministries), FSPs, youth serving organizations and other youth stakeholders.
Youth, of course, need to be at the centre of this dialogu... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 89 |
Legal and regulatory environment Policymakers should develop legislation that is consistent with the principles of The Smart Campaign and the Child Friendly Banking Principles of Child and Youth Finance International (e.g., provide maximum control to youth within the legal and regulatory framework, minimize age and ide... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 59 |
These policies, which are both youth friendly and protective of youth rights, should be the outcome of a coordinated effort amongst different policy and line ministries, such as the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank, the Ministry of Youth and the Ministry of Education.
Multi- lateral and bi-lateral organizations s... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 71 |
Youth financial inclusion http://undesadspd.org/Youth.aspx facebook.com/UN4Youth twitter.com/UN4Youth Page4 Inappropriate and inaccessible products and services Policymakers should develop legislation that facilitates the development of innovative, cost effective and convenient delivery channels to increase low-cost ac... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 103 |
Multi-lateral and bi-lateral organizations should invest in these innovations and support relevant policies or regulatory measures.
To help FSPs design and deliver appropriate financial services, policymakers should make it clear that building the capacity of FSPs that seek to enter the youth financial service market ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 71 |
For example, one key area of capacity building is how to conduct market research to identify the socio-economic characteristics, needs and preferences of youth. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 31 |
Financial capabilities Financial capability is defined as ‘the combination of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and especially behaviours that people need to make sound personal finance decisions, suited to their social and financial circumstances.’ To address the challenge of low financial capabilities of youth and to equ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 107 |
Governments and donors should support the development and implementation of such strategies, be they school based, community based, technology based or otherwise.
This multi-stakeholder approach to overcoming these three barriers can bring increased attention to the opportunities of youth financial inclusion and capab... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 76 |
Sources for further information • UN website on youth: http://social.un.org/index/Youth.aspx • UNCDF-YouthStart website: http://www.uncdf.org/en/youthstart • UNICEF financial modules on child social and financial education: http://www.unicef.org/cfs/files/CSFE_module_low_res_FINAL.pdf • The MasterCard Foundation learni... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 362 |
It is part of a collaborative effort of the Inter-Agency Network for Youth Development, coordinated by the United Nations Programme on Youth, UNDESA. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756484677.pdf | https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-financial-inclusion.pdf | 34 |
Digital financial literacy via e-commerce: Implications in Bangladesh, especially for women in business i Digital financial literacy via e-commerce: Implications in Bangladesh, especially for women in business ii ABOUT UNCDF The UN Capital Development Fund makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 78 |
UNCDF offers “last mile” finance models that unlock public and private resources, especially at the domestic level, to reduce poverty and support local economic development. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 32 |
UNCDF’s financing models work through three channels: (1) inclusive digital economies, which connects individuals, households, and small businesses with financial eco-systems that catalyze participation in the local economy, and provide tools to climb out of poverty and manage financial lives; (2) local development fin... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 132 |
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COPYRIGHT The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of UNCDF, the United Nations, any of its affiliated organizations or its Member States or Visa Inc.
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Digital financial literacy via e-commerce: Implications in Bangladesh, especially for women in business iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 IV 11 18 26 29 31 8 8 11 13 14 15 17 18 23 26 27 28 9 GLOBAL EXPERIENCES WITH DIGITAL FINANCIAL LITERACY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY RESULTS RECOMMENDATIONS ANNEX I: PRE/POSTTES... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 285 |
However, more than 62 percent of the households do not have Internet access at home.
In rural areas, only 8.7 percent of the poorest 20 percent of households have Internet access at home.
Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic has sharpened the need to support the small and micro businesses (SMBs) that even now endure the ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 100 |
To date, few digital financial literacy (DFL) interventions have been undertaken on a significant scale in the country.
However, there is a broad institutional agreement in both the public and private sectors on the urgency of this issue.
This study seeks to explore and evaluate the best ways to reach the less digita... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 96 |
The underlying project is the first in Bangladesh to focus, at scale, on assembling an evidence base to support the analysis of the use of e-commerce as a channel to promote DFL for SMBs.
The project partners reached more than 110,000 SMBs with the basic modules launched in November 2021, impacting 5,202 SMBs.
The pa... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 122 |
They also delivered follow-up quizzes, pre- and posttests to quantify learning progress and a satisfaction survey, as well as gathered feedback from trainers.
Not only was virtual platform-based learning deployed, but also in-person training, emails, SMS messaging and social media to deliver the DFL content.
The modu... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 83 |
Nevertheless, as expected, the educational level of participants was a crucial determinant of knowledge gained and progress made through the modules.
By contrast, and perhaps somewhat surprisingly, gender somewhat less so.
For historical reasons, it might be hypothesized that women’s digital and financial learning pe... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 89 |
The difference between genders was frequently marginal, and a nuanced picture emerged, with men performing better on certain topics, but women faring better on others.
To take just a couple of examples, prior to the training, more women than men struggled with a skills-based question about calculating monthly savings ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 71 |
Yet women scored higher on sources of business capital and having a business plan, bringing to the fore their financial acumen and business management skills.
Despite the instructional and curricular complexity of the project, and practical hurdles encountered during its delivery, largely overcome by the partners, a b... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 70 |
These are summarized here in the form of recommendations and will be worthy of consideration by any private or public sector stakeholder seeking to implement a comparable DFL intervention elsewhere.
Digital financial literacy via e-commerce: Implications in Bangladesh, especially for women in business v In terms of de... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 93 |
These existing partnerships can be harnessed to communicate with groups of 50 people at once.
To reach a market segment with lower than average Internet and digital services adoption and comparatively less education, particularly women, a more labour-intensive field-based delivery model alongside a virtual one might b... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 65 |
Starting with an open-plan commercial fair with booths where businesses showcase their products and services together with initial in-person group-based learning opportunities could spearhead the implementation of a virtual model.
Relatively small groups of five to seven people can promote learning better than one-on-... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 94 |
For a market segment with higher than average Internet and digital adoption and comparatively more education, developing or leveraging a dedicated project platform rather than YouTube as well as public sector relationships to embed modules into existing trainings of line ministries can ensure better outreach and learni... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 76 |
Virtual and field-based models are not mutually exclusive, and combinations of channels can be tailored to suit groups defined in terms of location, business aspiration and education.
Certificates can incentivize progression through the entirety of a learning course while the use of email, SMS text, Facebook and other... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 88 |
In terms of content, a narrative format with engaging characters and realistic scenarios, including a storyboard framework to keep the narrative flow of the modules coherent so that a participant completes each module before proceeding to the next helps to impart learning.
Enabling participants to learn what they want... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 85 |
Some of the DFL areas SMBs were interested in included: first, promoting a business in the digital space: basic choices about medium of promotion, international payment and target audience; second, funding, loans and savings: where and how to apply for a loan, any alternative sources of funding, types of loans and inte... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 172 |
In terms of the sustainability of interventions, adopting a clear product-oriented and solution-driven approach geared towards the real-world problems encountered by participants and leveraging existing infrastructure with modules embedded within existing services used by SMBs and integrating modules with other program... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 91 |
The project intended to identify sustainable ways in which DFL content could be delivered to SMBs, and leveraging existing infrastructure and digital training can enhance reach and re-iteration.
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Digital and financial literacy (DFL), by contrast, is a 21st century phenomenon, and the early pages of its educational history are still being written.
There is a broad global consensus on the urgent need to expand it, demographically, and among certain groups of women in particular, but there is a plurality of views... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 78 |
Even a standardized definition of DFL has proved elusive, though a brief encapsulation would be: acquiring the knowledge, skills and confidence to make safe and informed decisions using digitally delivered financial products and services.
Worldwide, interventions to increase DFL are multiplying.
Data, experience and ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 86 |
This document describes the first stage of a two-phase exploration of that question.
In general, according to the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), a successful DFL intervention requires the participation of a host of actors from within the financial system and beyond. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 54 |
In 70 percent of countries that took part in a DFL survey conducted by AFI, the central bank is reported to be the leading institution in charge of coordinating the financial education agenda in the country, followed by the ministries of education and finance. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 53 |
In addition to the central banks and other financial sector regulators, private sector stakeholders were also reported to be implementing DFL initiatives across different jurisdictions.1 Many governments across the globe have signaled their understanding of the centrality of DFL through legislation that creates a regul... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 105 |
In 2014, the Ministry of Education began a multi-year scale-up of its Financial Education Programme, with the ultimate goal to deliver the programme in all grade 7-12 classrooms.
Currently, Jordan’s Real-Time Scaling Lab3 approach presents an interesting long-term case study of scaling success via a coalition of diver... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 86 |
This approach involves continual adaptation and refinement of curriculum content and teaching methods, tailored to the relevant age cohort.
1 See Annex of AFI Guideline Note No.
45, May 2021, for tables listing content and modality of DFL interventions to date, worldwide. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 70 |
For example, interventions in the following countries are described as prioritizing women: Afghani stan, Bangladesh, Burundi, Costa Rica, DRC, Egypt, Fiji, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Mexico, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Sudan, Timor Leste, Tunisia, Uganda, and Vanuatu.
2 Such as in Bolivia and El Salvado... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 106 |
45, May 2021 Digital financial literacy via e-commerce: Implications in Bangladesh, especially for women in business 7 There are many predominantly private sector initiatives.
Across the Pacific, the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) has since 2010 been rolling out MoneyMinded,4 a flexible education progra... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 110 |
For example, the digital financial services and mobile banking module delivered by ANZ in Solomon Islands has now reached several vulnerable populations, such as rural women, micro entrepreneurs and seasonal workers before their departure to host countries.
Notable financial education efforts are also underway in Sri ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 65 |
In October 2022, the Colombo Stock Exchange and the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute jointly issued a financial literacy book for distribution in schools and universities.5 Sri Lankans can now make well-informed choices and attain better protection against unscrupulous operators in the financial space.
In Malaysi... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 104 |
Its financial education modules are designed to address the different needs and circumstances that arise at different life stages, from young adults in tertiary education, entering the workforce and starting a family, to senior citizens in retirement.
Financial education programmes also aim to address the specific cha... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 75 |
Key topics covered include the importance of savings, setting financial goals, selecting financial products that match needs and goals, budgeting, basic borrowing and debt management. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 32 |
In Thailand, the National Financial Literacy Plan, developed by the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Education alongside the Bank of Thailand, aims to provide a capacity- building programme in the form of training and activity, using educational material and communication media for different target groups, including... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 79 |
While there are few examples of financial literacy interventions leveraging digital channels of delivery along with physical ones, not many interventions exist that look at DFL in totality as more and more financial products are now available digitally to more and more people.
3 Improving financial literacy skills for... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 107 |
4 MoneyMinded 5 Nanayakkare, Sanath.
“Sri Lanka accelerates financial literacy drive amid scams.” The Island Online Digital financial literacy via e-commerce: Implications in Bangladesh, especially for women in business 8 NATIONAL DIGITAL FINANCIAL LITERACY CONTEXT DIGITAL AND FINANCIAL ECOSYSTEM Bangladesh has in rec... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 124 |
In rural areas, only 8.7 percent of the poorest 20 percent of households have Internet access at home. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 26 |
These people are at risk of being left behind in the digital age, particularly women, who already are less likely than men to have a mobile phone (58 percent versus 87 percent, thus a 34 percent gap) or Internet access (here a large 62 percent gap).10 Until gender-specific barriers are carefully dismantled, women entre... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 146 |
The COVID-19 pandemic not only served to emphasize the urgency of such work but also demonstrated that those can leverage digital tools are likely to be better equipped to persevere through this crisis, and likewise through other challenges that could occur in the future; in sum: they will be much more resilient.
Asid... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 95 |
However, there have been financial literacy interventions undertaken on a significant scale in the country.
For example, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has set up its own financial literacy programme, served by a dedicated department. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 54 |
BSEC intends to make individuals understood at their level of needs, imparting the role of money in their lives, the need and use of savings, the advantages of using formal financial mechanisms, various ways to convert their savings into investments, and how to develop self-protection through an understanding of risks ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 69 |
In March 2022, Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh, issued a directive12 on financial literacy guidelines for banks and financial institutions (in this context, Bangladesh Bank refers to these as financial literacy providers). | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 52 |
Through this directive, Bangladesh Bank seeks to strengthen people’s financial knowledge; capacitate people towards DFS; raise awareness against fraud and associated risks; reduce the gender gap in financial services; ensure delivery of synchronized financial literacy based on the needs of different target 10 Barriers ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 84 |
The author discusses digital access in terms of availability, affordability, awareness, ability and agency, all intersecting with a gender gap of 34% in mobile phone ownership and a gender gap of 62% and 66% in Internet and social media usage respectively.
Hernandez also looks at social norms governing connectivity, e... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 118 |
12 See March 2022 report Digital financial literacy via e-commerce: Implications in Bangladesh, especially for women in business 9 groups through effective tools and monitoring mechanism; and establish a sustainable financial literacy infrastructure at the community and national levels through creating enabling environ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 66 |
That directive builds on the Bangladesh Bank’s Financial Literacy Guidelines,13 which list a wide range of communication tools available to FLPs that consider the needs of different age groups and educational levels including: training booklets, leaflets, brochures, banners and posters; presentations; financial comics ... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 89 |
The Guidelines also list the following communication approaches to be adopted by FLPs: develop target-specific modules that exploit real-life examples; make the language and tools appealing and accessible; consider readily-accepted multimedia channels such as social media, television, radio, audio-visuals, digital disp... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 154 |
PROJECT BACKGROUND In Bangladesh, the COVID-19 pandemic has sharpened the need to support small businesses.
Small and micro businesses (SMBs) are grappling with the consequences of reduced demand, straining to cover wages, pay suppliers and fulfill credit obligations.
The daily revenue of SMBs dropped by nearly 70 pe... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 97 |
In response to the gaps in digital and financial literacy, the overall objective of UNCDF’s Build Back Better – Enhancing Recovery and Resilience of Small and Micro-Businesses project is to develop a mechanism and tools that support acquisition of the financial and digital literacy skills needed to adopt and leverage d... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 80 |
The project seeks to empower entrepreneurs in Bangladesh with the skills to confidently adopt and leverage these new services to improve their competitiveness and performance. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 31 |
The main components of the project include the following: • A Rapid Needs Assessment • Development of e-learning modules, including audiovisual and app-based tools (basic modules covered in this report; advanced modules to be delivered in the next phase) • Building of entrepreneurs’ capacity to use digital tools to sup... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 89 |
Financial Inclusion Department, Bangladesh Bank Head Office, Dhaka, February 2021 Digital financial literacy via e-commerce: Implications in Bangladesh, especially for women in business 10 The major targets of the project are: • First – Reach more than 200,000 SMBs including women-led SMBs • Second – Impact 5,000 indiv... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 157 |
They commissioned a Rapid Needs Assessment to evaluate the existing level of financial and digital literacy of SMBs.
The Assessment focused on the ekShop and ShopUp ecosystem, including SMBs on these platforms, associated fintech partners and commercial enterprises.
Additionally, the SMB network and stakeholders at t... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 86 |
The Assessment learnings were then applied to the development of a customized set of financial and digital literacy modules.
The Assessment set out a baseline against which the success of programme outcomes may be judged.
The Assessment offered insights into the needs of SMBs in terms of financial inclusion, particul... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 90 |
The study identified substantial gaps in the digital and financial literacy levels of entrepreneurs in Bangladesh.
Over 50 percent of SMBs under consideration showed a poor understanding of how digital and financial services could help them.
Financial literacy gaps were even more pronounced for women entrepreneurs. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 63 |
These gender gaps remain despite women-led SMBs’ increasing awareness of the need to be financially literate, plan and actively manage their personal and business finances.13 Overall, digital literacy was rudimentary or patchy.
Respondents showed a positive view of the use of social media, adoption of technology and a... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 95 |
On the other hand, 96 percent of SMBs reported having an email account, all respondents reported using a smartphone and nearly all participants had either a broadband or mobile Internet connection.
Although respondents were aware of mobile and online financial services, only a small share benefited from them, with fin... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 77 |
Women showed greater willingness to save and invest money – 83 percent of women preferred saving money instead of spending, compared to 67 percent of men.
There were lower levels of financial numeracy among women – only nine percent of women were able to carry out interest rate calculations compared to 52 percent of m... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 107 |
UNCDF also engaged policymakers and regulators in dialogue to address key issues around gaps in digital and financial literacy in the SMB sector. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 31 |
13 (UNCDF, 2021) Digital and Financial Literacy in the Bangladesh SMB Sector Digital financial literacy via e-commerce: Implications in Bangladesh, especially for women in business 11 APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY BASIC LEARNING MODULES CREATED Further to the Assessment, UNCDF worked with ekShop and ShopUp to identify and p... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 112 |
Together with the two implementing partners, UNCDF developed a framework and storyboard for the basic video modules based on the Assessment and leveraging Visa’s Practical Business Skills (PBS) financial educational programme.
Based on the Assessment, UNCDF and Visa, along with ekShop and ShopUp, developed a custom su... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 108 |
The e-learning modules will be continually updated with additional content.
These basic modules were launched in November 2021 and included the following key topics: 1.
Creating a business plan: Defining vision and mission, objectives and business strategy, and basic financial projections 2.
Financial basics: Creati... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 91 |
Financial management: Managing cash flow and expenses, profit and loss calculation, payment options and banking services 4. | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 23 |
Promoting a business: Creating a digital storefront, enabling site searches, utilizing social media and metrics for marketing success 5. Business to e-business: Onboarding online customers, inventory management and logistics and promotions for e-businesses The partners have already developed advanced modules in the nex... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 104 |
CAPTION | Left: screenshot of ekShop module; Right: screenshot of ShopUp module Digital financial literacy via e-commerce: Implications in Bangladesh, especially for women in business 12 There are two major targets for the project across the two stages of content development.
The first is to reach 200,000 SMBs through... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 113 |
To date both partners have reached more than 110,000 SMBs with the basic modules towards the first target.
The second target is to impact 5,000 SMBs through both the basic and advanced modules.
In fact, the project partners have already surpassed this goal, impacting 5,202 through the basic modules.
This report focu... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 116 |
It will first explain the approach and methodology, comprising: • Basic learning modules (as outlined above); • Tools to assess learning attained; • Delivery models and channels identified; • Social perspective on businesses targeted; and • Outreach achieved.
The report will then consider results in terms of: • Learni... | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1696756487976.pdf | https://bangladesh.un.org/en/download/123529/212331 | 103 |
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