This FinScope survey allowed:
- Measure levels of financial inclusion (proportion of the population using financial products and services – both formal and informal);
- Describe the access landscape (type of products and services used by financially included individuals);
- Determine the needs for financial products;
- Identify the factors that encourage or impede the use of financial products and services;
- Assess whether the current financial and regulatory policy environment is adequate;
- Provide baseline information to assess the impact of interventions aimed at improving access;
- Stimulate evidence-based dialogue that leads to effective interventions in the public and private sectors.