Financial Inclusion in Namibia: Summary Note

This note summarizes recent World Bank work on financial inclusion in Namibia. This includes: (i) a stocktaking exercise on financial inclusion in Southern Africa carried out in 2015; (ii) the 2014 Namibia Insolvency and Creditor/Debtor Regimes Report on Observance of Standards & Codes (ICR ROSC); (iii) the 2014-2015 Namibia World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES); and (iv) the 2014 Review of the Market for Remittances in Namibia on the Basis of the CPSS-World Bank General Principles for International Remittances Services. The goal is to provide a snapshot of financial inclusion (for individuals and enterprises) in Namibia as well as to identify main issues and related policy recommendations.