Nepal

South Asia

Account Ownership

Percent of adults age 15+ with an account at a financial institution or through a mobile money provider. Regional average excludes high income countries

Source: The Global Findex Database 2017

Gender Gap in Account Ownership

Percent of adults age 15+ with an account by gender

Source: The Global Findex Database 2017

Use of Financial Services

Percent of adults age 15+

Source: The Global Findex Database 2017
Country Resources
Nepal Microfinance Banker's Association (NMBA)
Centre for Microfinance Nepal
The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2018

Publications

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Paper

A COVID Perspective on Nepal Microfinance

Advisory Note on the liquidity of MFIs in Nepal
Sanjay Sinha & Nara Hari Dhakal
M-CRIL
Paper

Improving Operational Efficiency of MFIs Through Tablet Banking

A guide for MFIs on how they can adopt digitization
Sakchyam Access to Finance
UKAID
Paper

Microfinance for Disaster Recovery: Lessons From the 2015 Nepal Earthquake

What role can microfinance institutions play in helping the poor recover from disasters?
Nara Hari Dhakal, Nav Raj Simkhada & Mayumi Ozaki
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

News & Events

Members of the financial inclusion community contributed the following news and events.

News

Undocumented Migrant Workers To Get Government Support for Returning Home

/ The Kathmandu Post

Defying Predictions, Nepal’s Remittances Still High

New SCBF Project: First-Of-Its-Kind Digital Tele-Medicine and COVID-19 Insurance Product in Nepal

/ Swiss Capacity Building Facility
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Jobs

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Microfinance Internship in Nepal

Employer: Indra Foundation
Closing Date:
Job Location: Kathmandu, Nepal

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