and finance, and remittance and money transfer facilities. There is also evidence that a larger share of households in Sri … innovation and new products. The information technology (IT) literacy rate is only 35% in Sri Lanka, and with the growing IT-finance …

Like in many other countries, inclusive finance for inclusive growth has become a policy issue in Bangladesh following … impact on inclusive finance. These findings warrant more emphasis on increasing financial literacy for access to finance and …

economies in terms of their access to finance resulting from demand-side, supply-side and institutional constraints. This … access finance, and the reasons for the lack of such access. It also assesses opportunities of SMEs to link with both … domestic and global value chains and the potential impact of this on their access to finance. Finally, it proposes policy …

gender inequality in education, financial literacy, and access to finance. In the context of Asia, where small and medium … suggestions, such as establishment of credit guarantee funds for easing the female-owned SMEs' access to finance in Asia …