Indonesian Financial Inclusion – Too Slow by Half!

Financial inclusion in Indonesia has been growing slowly. More concerted efforts are needed to bring the income-poor and other disadvantaged groups into the fold of financial inclusion. These efforts must include monitoring through data collection in the annual socioeconomic survey, Susenas.

This research is based on three years of data from the Financial Inclusion Insight program supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It shares a map of financial inclusion across the sprawling Indonesian archipelago and looks at some of the drivers behind spatial disparity in financial inclusion across groups in the society.