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Financial inclusion can increase economic growth and productivity and reduce poverty and inequality by helping people and firms—particularly SMEs—to save and invest, smooth consumption, and better manage financial risks. This paper highlights Niger’s lag compared to other WAEMU countries in terms of access to and use of formal financial services, including for women and youth, and underscores key demand and supply side challenges to financial inclusion as well as structural impediments. It lays out key priorities for Niger to harness the potential of greater financial inclusion to support the country’s development agenda, including efforts to tackle low financial literacy, promote digitization, and address informality.

Money and Monetary Policy --- International Economics --- Industries: Financial Services --- Finance: General --- Demography --- Monetary Policy --- International Agreements and Observance --- International Organizations --- Banks --- Depository Institutions --- Micro Finance Institutions --- Mortgages --- Economic Development: Financial Markets --- Saving and Capital Investment --- Corporate Finance and Governance --- Financial Literacy --- Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy --- Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation --- Monetary Systems --- Standards --- Regimes --- Government and the Monetary System --- Payment Systems --- Demographic Economics: General --- Monetary economics --- International institutions --- Finance --- Population & demography --- Distributed ledgers --- Monetary policy --- International organization --- Financial inclusion --- Financial markets --- Financial services --- Population and demographics --- Digital financial services --- Technology --- Digital currencies --- International agencies --- Financial services industry --- Technological innovations --- Population --- Niger