National Financial Inclusion Strategy 2020-2024.

This Strategy aims to unlock the opportunities towards establishing an inclusive financial system and will be continuously updated to reflect and include the country’s emerging priorities. The initial focus for the Strategy will include addressing key challenges of access to as well as regular use of formal financial services by individuals and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), serving the key economic sectors in Afghanistan particularly the agriculture sector, protecting the rights of consumers of financial services, and leveraging technology to expand the outreach to formal financial services across the country. The Strategy is designed in 7 Parts and among others elaborates on financial access for individuals and MSMEs, agriculture finance, consumer protection, and digital finance services. The text provides structural plans for Policy areas, Policy actions, stakeholders and coordination structure, implementation risks and challenges, and monitoring and evaluation.