Workshop on Financial Access Data Collection and Usage

Source details

Target Audience:
- Government officials in central banks and other agencies involved in the compilation of supply-side financial access data and the formulation/implementation of financial inclusion policies.
Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, finance, statistics, or equivalent work experience.
- Participants' current job or responsibilities at work should be linked to the topic of the workshop.

The workshop will address key issues related to data collection and usage of the Financial Access Survey (FAS), the IMF's annual supply-side database on financial inclusion.
Coverage includes:
- The FAS data collection methodology in detail.
- The importance of FAS for policymaking and monitoring financial access and usage.
- Presentation of results of the FAS pilot exercises.
- Discussion of potential revisions to the FAS questionnaire based on pilot findings.
Peer learning is a central component:
- Opportunities for participants to engage in discussions.
- Opportunities to deliver presentations.
- Opportunities to share experiences with supply-side financial inclusion data collection and usage.

Upon completion, participants should be able to:
- Understand the nature and content of the FAS data.
- Grasp the detailed FAS methodology, including gender-disaggregated data and digital financial services information.
- Enhance FAS data collection and reporting through peer learning.
- Become familiar with the use of FAS data, including for tracking financial inclusion trends, benchmarking and policymaking.