BIS Review 21/2009  3  Improving access to financial services 12. This component is designed to enhance capacity of the microfinance sector and promote financial literacy. The fund has been established at the State Bank with help of an endowment of USD 20 million under the ADB-supported “Improving Access to Financial Services Program – IAFSP”.
The fund will provide benefits for and have positive impacts on rural and urban communities, in particular the poor & the women. 13.