Index

Rashmi U. Arora (University of Bradford, United Kingdom)

Gender Bias and Digital Financial Services in South Asia

ISBN: 978-1-83867-858-6, eISBN: 978-1-83867-855-5

Publication date: 13 March 2020

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Arora, R.U. (2020), "Index", Gender Bias and Digital Financial Services in South Asia, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 107-110. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83867-855-520201006

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Copyright © 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited


INDEX

Access to Finance surveys (A2FS)
, 39–40

Afghanistan
, 54–55

Artificial intelligence
, 52–53

Augmented/virtual reality
, 52–53

Automated teller machines (ATMs)
, 52

Bangladesh
, 9–11, 12–13, 54–55

daily household expenses
, 70–71

financial sector
, 22–23

Grameen Bank
, 27–28

index
, 31

internet connectivity and usage
, 65–66

mobile money usage
, 57–58

Bhutan
, 9–11, 30–31

Big data
, 52–53

Biometric technologies
, 52–53

BRICS
, 21–22, 24–25, 46–47

Caribbean
, 9–11

China
, 21–22, 59–60

Cloud computing
, 52–53

Data sources
, 53–55

Deposit and Credit Guarantee Fund Act (DCGF)
, 20–21

Development finance institutions (DFIs)
, 22–23

Digital applications
, 48

Digital financial services (DFS)
, 7–8, 52–53, 76–77

access and usage
, 61–64

challenges and constraints
, 62–72

South Asia
, 55–62

Digital payments
, 5–6, 21–22, 51–52

Distributed ledger technology (blockchain)
, 52–53

Economic growth
, 3, 17–18, 73–74

Electronic payment solutions
, 48

Female literacy rate
, 14

Finance
, 3–8, 36–38

Financial access index
, 29–32

Financial Access Survey (FAS)
, 31, 37, 53–54

Financial development
, 18–20

Financial inclusion
, 5–6, 51–52, 76

digitization
, 7–8

issues
, 28–29

South Asia
, 23–28

Financial Inclusion Campaign
, 25

Financial Inclusion Insights Survey (FIIS)
, 54–55, 57–58

Financial institution
, 2–3

Financial intermediaries
, 1

Financial sector
, 5–6

fintech
, 52–53

South Asia
, 17–23, 75

Financial stability
, 18–20

Fintech
, 52–53

G20 countries
, 56–57, 66–67

Gender disaggregated data
, 61–62

Gender gap
, 36–37, 59–60

Gender inequality
, 73–74

access to finance
, 4–5

opportunities
, 3–4

Global Banking Alliance
, 4–5

Global trends
, 36–38

Human capital
, 3–4, 8

India
, 9–13, 18–20, 54–55

bank accounts
, 25

daily household expenses
, 70–71

financial sector
, 22–23

gender gap
, 60

internet connectivity and usage
, 65–66

mobile money
, 58–59

National Family Health Survey (NFHS)
, 61

non-performing loans (NPLs)
, 75

women hold accounts
, 39, 42

Inherited gender bias
, 45

Institutional development indicators
, 20–21

Internet of Things
, 52–53

Kenya
, 5–6, 48, 55–56

Labour market
, 3–4

Latin America
, 9–11

Low financial literacy
, 66–67

Macroeconomy
, 3–5

Malaysia
, 11

Microfinance
, 22–23, 27–28, 35–36

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME)
, 43

Mobile banking
, 6–7, 48, 52

Mobile Internet
, 59–60

Mobile money
, 5–6, 31, 57–58

Mobilink JazzCash
, 56–57

M-Pawa
, 48

M-Pesa
, 48, 55–56

M-Shawri
, 48

Multidimensional poverty
, 11–12

National Family Health Survey (NFHS)
, 61

National Financial Inclusion Mission
, 25

National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS)
, 26–27

Nepal
, 9–11

financial inclusion
, 26–27

financial sector
, 18

internet connectivity and usage
, 65–66

private sector and M2/GDP ratio
, 18–20

women savings
, 41

Nepal Rastra Bank Act Amendment (NRBAA) Bill
, 20–21

Non-performing loans (NPLs)
, 20, 75

Pakistan
, 9–11, 54–55, 70

banking sector
, 22–23

financial access to women
, 38–39

mobile money accounts
, 56–57

mobile ownership gap
, 60

National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS)
, 26–27

secondary education
, 24

Philippines
, 11

Point of Sale (POS)
, 21–22

Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
, 25–26

Property right restrictions
, 45–46

Real-Time Gross Settlements
, 20–21

Risk averseness
, 4–5

Self-perception
, 44

Sex Discrimination Act 1975
, 46–47

Socio-cultural barriers
, 48

South Asia
, 8, 73–74

development indicators
, 9–10

digital financial services (DFS)
, 55–59

facts
, 9–15

financial inclusion
, 23–28

financial sector
, 17–23

population size
, 9

trends
, 38–43

women entrepreneurship
, 43–48

Sri Lanka
, 9–11

financial sector
, 18

internet connectivity and usage
, 65–66

Sub-Saharan Africa
, 9–11, 36–37

Substantial gap
, 36–37

Technology
, 5–8, 48

Telenor Easypaisa
, 56–57

Trade integration
, 9–11

UBL Omni
, 56–57

United States Equal Credit Opportunity Act 1974
, 46–47

Urbanization levels
, 13

Vietnam
, 11

Women

digital financial services (DFS)
, 59–62

entrepreneurship
, 43–48

financial inclusion
, 5–8, 28–29

limited access of resources
, 3–4

paid workforce
, 3–5

poor access
, 3–4

risk averseness
, 4–5

World Bank’s global findex database
, 2–3, 23–24, 36