Gendered Digital Financing Adoption and Women's Financial Inclusion in Pakistan

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.23465v1
• Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:45:19 GMT
• Title: Gendered Digital Financing Adoption and Women's Financial Inclusion in Pakistan
• Authors: Abdul Wadood Asim, Khansa Zafar, Muhammad Raees,
• Abstract summary: We examine the digital money service adoption and women's financial inclusion in the context of Pakistan.<n>Our findings show that women who adopt mobile money services have significantly higher odds of accessing formal financial systems.<n>Findings have important implications for policy, including the need for women-centric design and digital literacy reforms.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Financial inclusion is a longstanding concern across underdeveloped communities, particularly for women. However, there are limited data-driven measures to first quantitatively identify such concerns and second to inform policies. In this work, we examine the digital money service adoption and women's financial inclusion in the context of Pakistan. We use the nationally representative Global Findex data from the World Bank to analyze how mobile money usage, when moderated by phone ownership, internet access, and education, affects women's access to formal financial services. Our findings show that women who adopt mobile money services have significantly higher odds of accessing formal financial systems. Findings also reveal nuanced insights: internet access does not significantly impact inclusion, highlighting the influence of socio-cultural constraints. Despite the limitations of using cross-sectional data and the absence of qualitative dimensions, our study contributes empirical evidence on gendered digital finance adoption. The findings have important implications for policy, including the need for women-centric fintech design and digital literacy reforms to bridge the gender gap in financial inclusion.

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