Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

This learning event, organized by Asian Development Bank (ADB) in collaboration with the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor and ADB Institute, aimed to bring together policy makers, financial sector supervisors and regulators, financial institutions, financial technology companies, academia, as well as financial sector experts to discuss opportunities and challenges in digital finance. Another objective of the event discussions was to identify how multilateral development banks such as ADB can support in this development by financing digital technology and transformation projects.

Self Employed Women's Association: A Collective Voice of Women

Women in the informal sector are vulnerable, posing threat on their income security, food security, and social security. The Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) was established to help women become individually and collectively self-reliant, economically independent, and capable of making their own decisions. Poor women are the owners, managers, and beneficiaries under the association.

SEWA now has 1.9 million members and over 100 affiliated organizations working to empower women in the informal sector mainly by promoting financial inclusion and social security.