The obvious rationale for these partnerships is the fact that improving financial literacy is a win-win proposition that will benefit individual citizens as well as the economy and country as a whole. The main beneficiaries of any financial literacy programme would be the citizens who stand to gain better control of their financial circumstances, and this can mean more financial independence and enhanced well-being.
While the intensity of the problems across various markets has ebbed and flowed since August, it is clear that this process is still very much ongoing and is likely to persist, at least into the early part of 2008.