Women’s access to finance expands, says SBP chief
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmed has said that the number of active bank accounts held by women in Pakistan rose from 20 million in September 2021 to 37 million by June, while the gender gap in financial inclusion narrowed from 39 per cent to 30 per cent over the same period.
He shared these figures during a session titled ‘Capital to Scale: Women Entrepreneurs as Job Creators’, held at the World Bank headquarters in Washington on the sidelines of the World Bank Group’s annual meetings.
Mr Ahmed said that financing to women has grown........





















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