The two major shifts in participation have been amongst females aged 25–54 and older workers. These trends have been there for a while and have been even stronger recently. I have presented some of the insights from our analysis of various micro data sources but there is still more to understand.
State Bank of Pakistan as a supervisor and regulator of the banking industry, is trying to make banking services available at the door step of the people. Promoting access to banking services is the corner stone of State Bank of Pakistan’s policy framework.