Overview
Identification
Country
RWANDATitle
Rwanda FinScope 2020
Subtitle
Financial Inclusion in Rwanda 2020
Study Type
Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey Series Information
The first implementation of the FinScope survey Rwanda in 2008 was driven by a lack of credible information to guide policy interventions and financial service providers in their efforts to expand the reach and depth of the Rwandan financial system. This decision to implement FinScope Rwanda 2008 was urged by the BNR as the overall custodian of Rwanda’s financial sector. In pursuit of their objective of removing systemic barriers to uptake of financial services, Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) needed to obtain information about how the landscape of access to, and usage of, financial services has changed since 2008. AFR therefore commissioned a follow-up survey in 2012 and 2016. In partnership the with Government of Rwanda, AFR initiated the fourth FinScope survey with an intention to continue measuring progress in the financial inclusion.
FinScope 2020 is expected to illustrate how many adults Rwandan were linked to financial inclusion specifically formal accounts through different sector interventions.
ID Number RWA-NISR-RFS-2020-v1 |
Version
Version Description
Edited, anonymous dataset for public use.
Production Date
2020-06-01
Notes
This is the first version of the data description
Overview
Abstract
The FinScope survey provides a holistic understanding of how individuals generate an income and how they manage their financial lives. It identifies the factors that drive financial behaviour and those that prevent individuals from using financial products and services. Implementing the FinScope survey over time provides the opportunity to assess whether, and how, a country's situation changes.
The main objective of the FinScope Rwanda 2020 survey was to:
• Describe the levels of financial inclusion (i.e. levels of access to financial products and services – both formal and informal)
• Describe the landscape of access (i.e. the type of products and services used by financially included individuals)
• Identify the drivers of, and barriers to, financial access
• Assess trends/changes over time (from 2016)
• Stimulate evidence-based dialogue that will lead to effective public and private sector interventions in order to increase and deepen financial inclusion
• Provide information on new opportunities for increased financial inclusion and the extent to which financial services are meeting Rwandans’ needs.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Units of Analysis
Basic units of analyisis were individuals and households.
Scope
Notes
FinScope Rwanda2020 survey covered:
- The Household Characteristics,
- Access to infrastructures,
- Financial capacity,
- Money Management-Borrowing
- Money Managemen- Risk &Risk Mitigation
- Money Managemen- Remittances
- Bank Penetration
- Informal Products
- Farming
- Income and Expenditure, and General information.
Keywords
FinScope
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
FinScope data are at the National level coverage
Universe
The target population eligible for FinScope survey is every 16 years old and above resident in selected households
Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|
|
Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR)
| GoR |
Other Producer(s)
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|
|
Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
| GoR | Technical Partner |
|
National Bank of Rwanda
| Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning | Technical Partner |
|
National Institute of statistics of Rwanda
| Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning | Technical assistance in Questionnaire Design and Sampling methodology |
|
Centre for Economic and Social Studies
| NGO | Technical assistance in Questionnaire Design, Data Collection and data processing |
|
Finmark Trust
| NGO | Technical assistance in Data analysis |
Funding
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|
|
Government of Rwanda
| GoR | Funding |
|
United Kingdom’s Department for International Development
| UKaid | Funding |
|
United States Agency for International Development
| USAID | Funding |
|
Sweden
| Sweden | Funding |
|
The Master Card Foundation
| MCF | Funding |
|
Access to Finance Rwanda
| AFR | Funding |
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|
| National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda | NISR | Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning | Metadata Documentation |
Date of Metadata Production
2020-07-02
DDI Document Version
RWA-NISR-RFS-2020-v1
DDI Document ID
RWA-NISR-RFS-2020-v1
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