The Global Findex Database 2021: Financial Inclusion, Digital Payments, and Resilience in the Age of COVID-19

Klapper, Leora; Singer, Dorothe; Ansar, Saniya; Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli

ISBN 10: 1464818975 / ISBN 13: 9781464818974

Published by The World Bank, 2022

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• Title: The Global Findex Database 2021: Financial Inclusion, Digital Payments, and Resilience in the Age of COVID-19
• Publisher: The World Bank
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1464818975
• ISBN 13: 9781464818974
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The fourth edition of the Global Findex offers a lens into how people accessed and used financial services during the COVID-19 pandemic, when mobility restrictions and health policies drove increased demand for digital services of all kinds. The Global Findex is the world’s most comprehensive database on financial inclusion. It is also the only global demand-side data source allowing for global and regional cross-country analysis to provide a rigorous and multidimensional picture of how adults save, borrow, make payments, and manage financial risks. Global Findex 2021 data were collected from national representative surveys of about 128,000 adults in more than 120 economies. The latest edition follows the 2011, 2014, and 2017 editions, and it includes a number of new series measuring financial health and resilience and contains more granular data on digital payment adoption, including merchant and government payments. The Global Findex is an indispensable resource for financial service practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and development professionals.

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The World Bank came into formal existence in 1945 following the international ratification of the Bretton Woods agreements. It is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. The organization's activities are focused on education, health, agriculture and rural development, environmental protection, establishing and enforcing regulations, infrastructure development, governance and legal institutions development. The World Bank is made up of two unique development institutions owned by its 185 Member Countries. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) focuses on middle income and creditworthy poor countries and the International Development Association (IDA), which focuses on the poorest countries in the world.