Looking beyond access: why getting women to use financial products effectively is what really matters

For the last four years, Bank of Ghana Deputy Governor, Elsie Addo Awadzi has chaired AFI's Gender Inclusive Finance Committee.

As her term comes to an end, she reflects on how the landscape for women's financial inclusion is changing. How would you sum up the state of gender inclusive finance in 2024?The gender gap in access to finance in the developing world is now 6%, compared to 9% in 2011.

Gender inclusive finance has therefore come a long way, with more women economically active and accessing formal financial services.But this success is not representative of all developing countries.

While some countries lead the way, others still lag behind.