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

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)
Slide Deck

Leveraging Technology for Meaningful Financial Inclusion in Asia

What opportunities does fintech present for potential providers and customers?
Akshat Pathak, Anil Gupta, Himmat Patel, Isvary Sivalingam, Priya Garg, Shreya Gupta & Shruthi Laura George
MicroSave Consulting (MSC)

News & Events

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

News

Supporting Nepal’s Migrants, as Overseas Work Dries Up

/ UN News

Nepal: Strategies for Post-COVID-19 Recovery Amidst Falling Remittances

Nepal’s Remittance-Dependent Economy Braces for Upheaval Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

/ The Kathmandu Post
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