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Do central banks have a role in
financial inclusion?
David Ferrand, FSD Kenya
CBK@50 Symposium, Nairobi
September 2016
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A lot of central banks certainly think so …
58 countries formal policy commitment to greater financial inclusion
46 led by central banks Maya Declaration of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion, 2016 data
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Monetary policy: the primary central bank role
It is to ensure that:
• in good times the amount of money grows at a rate sufficient to maintain broad stability of the value of money
• in bad times the amount of money grows at a rate sufficient to provide the liquidity … to meet … the unpredictable swings in demand for it
Mervyn King, former Governor Bank of England
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• The principal object of the Bank shall be to formulate and implement monetary policy directed to achieving and maintaining stability in the general level of prices.
• The Bank shall foster the liquidity, solvency and proper functioning of a stable market-based financial system.
• Subject to subsections (1) and (2), the Bank shall support the economic policy of the Government, including its objectives for growth and employment.
Central Bank of Kenya Act
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Proposition 1
Stability concerns mean that central banks
necessarily have a role in financial inclusion
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Long-term market development is associated with expansion -inclusion
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Financial inclusion gone wrong: US sub-prime
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Financial inclusion gone wrong: microlending
South Africa
• 2002: three microlenders collapsed
• Run on sixth largest bank (BoE)
• 2015: African Bank rescued by Reserve Bank
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Financial inclusion gone wrong: perils of informality
Albanian pyramid schemes
• Two-thirds of the population invested
• Half the country's GDP• Rioting followed collapse• Government fell• 2,000 people died
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Proposition 2
Stability and inclusion have a long-term
virtuous relationship
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Stability is a sine qua non of real inclusion
• Short-term:trade-offs between inclusion and stability
• Long-term: inclusion without stability is illusory
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Increased stability
Diversified deposit
base
Diversified credit
portfolios
Greater scale and efficiency Increased
economic stability
Sector political
legitimacy
Does inclusion support longer term stability?
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Proposition 3
Central banks have a core role to play in
financial market development
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Developing inclusive financial markets
Building trust
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No objection to ‘M Pesa’
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CBK’s role in Kenya’s inclusion journey
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