Financial Inclusion

Ensuring the financial inclusion of the most vulnerable through systematic registries is crucial. Financial inclusion continues to make its way to the forefront of global policy agendas, especially as we live through the COVID-19 pandemic, as its far reaching implications on the vulnerable become clearer; it affects poverty alleviation, gender equality, female empowerment, income equality, financial stability, and inclusive economic growth. Layla Hameedi chats with Marvi Memon, who led Pakistan’s largest social safety net, the BISP, as Social Safety Minister. The BISP facilitated the financial inclusion of 6 million chronically poor women through microcredit and e-commerce technologies and has been at the forefront of financial inclusion showcasing both domestically and internationally, including at the United Nations.