TY - BOOK ID - 133340129 TI - Financial Inclusion in Niger: Challenges and Opportunities : Niger AU - Diallo, Yoro. AU - Kaho, Arsene. AU - Sever, Can. PY - 2023 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Money and Monetary Policy KW - International Economics KW - Industries: Financial Services KW - Finance: General KW - Demography KW - Monetary Policy KW - International Agreements and Observance KW - International Organizations KW - Banks KW - Depository Institutions KW - Micro Finance Institutions KW - Mortgages KW - Economic Development: Financial Markets KW - Saving and Capital Investment KW - Corporate Finance and Governance KW - Financial Literacy KW - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy KW - Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation KW - Monetary Systems KW - Standards KW - Regimes KW - Government and the Monetary System KW - Payment Systems KW - Demographic Economics: General KW - Monetary economics KW - International institutions KW - Finance KW - Population & demography KW - Distributed ledgers KW - Monetary policy KW - International organization KW - Financial inclusion KW - Financial markets KW - Financial services KW - Population and demographics KW - Digital financial services KW - Technology KW - Digital currencies KW - International agencies KW - Financial services industry KW - Technological innovations KW - Population KW - Niger UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133340129 AB - 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. ER -