In addition to including the remaining 27 million unbanked adults in the country, the next crucial step for Brazil could be leveraging financial access to enhance the financial health of Brazilians. Financial health is a pressing concern in Brazil, with the average score suggesting low levels of financial health and early signs of financial difficulties and stress.
Country Visits
Queen Máxima Returns to Indonesia to Support Further Advances on Financial Inclusion
Queen Máxima speaking at the UN during her previous visit to Indonesia in 2016.Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA), will visit Indonesia to explore progress and opportunities to… Read more
February 7, 2018
Accelerating Progress toward Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
The last time the Special Advocate visited Nigeria, in 2012, the country had just launched its national financial inclusion strategy, which laid out a goal of achieving 80 percent financial inclusion by 2020. Since then, Nigeria has made significant progress in a number of areas. Nearly half the… Read more
November 2, 2017
In Mexico, Eliminating Obstacles to Full Financial Inclusion
Maria Teresa Gaytan Lopez, who met the Special Advocate while opening her first bank account at an OXXO convenience store in Mexico City, with Oscar Osorio Martinez, a regular customer.Over the past several years, Mexico has taken steps to modernize its financial… Read more
September 7, 2017
Building on Progress in Viet Nam
Within just one generation, Viet Nam has undergone an extraordinary transformation from being one of the world’s poorest nations to achieving lower-middle-income status. While financial inclusion has also increased sharply, the majority of Vietnamese still do not… Read more
June 1, 2017
Special Advocate Visiting Viet Nam to Discuss Financial Inclusion
Flag of Viet Nam.The UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, H.M. Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, will visit Viet Nam from 30 May through 1 June 2017 to explore paths to progress on financial inclusion. Viet Nam is… Read more
May 25, 2017
Argentina Illustrates Need for Access to Finance
The Special Advocate often observes that financial inclusion is a universal issue, one that needs to be addressed in every country. The situation in Argentina illustrates her point with great clarity.
Although Argentina is a middle-income country with the third-largest economy in Latin America,… Read more
October 12, 2016
Queen Máxima to visit Argentina to promote access to financial services
Flag of Argentina.From Tuesday 11 to Wednesday 12 October Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands will visit Argentina in her role as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA). In the capital Buenos Aires she… Read more
October 4, 2016
Technology Helps Accelerate Financial Inclusion in Indonesia
Indonesia’s dynamic growth over the last 15 years has helped cut poverty in more than half. Still, 40 percent linger right above the poverty line, their economic prospects in need of further protection. To build further on this progress, the government has made a commitment to extend financial… Read more
September 1, 2016
Special Advocate Traveling to Indonesia to Discuss Financial Inclusion
Flag of Indonesia.As Indonesia takes increasingly strong steps to build financial inclusion, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA)—H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands—will visit to the country from Tuesday 30… Read more
August 25, 2016
UN Special Advocate Queen Máxima to Visit Pakistan to Discuss Financial Inclusion
H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA), will visit Pakistan 9–11 February 2016 to promote financial inclusion and support the implementation of the country’s National Financial Inclusion Strategy. Launched in… Read more
February 4, 2016
Special Advocate Visits Bangladesh to Promote Access to Financial Services
UN logo.H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands will visit Bangladesh from Monday 16 to Wednesday 18 November in her role as the UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance at the invitation of the Bangladeshi government.
This will be Queen Máxima’s… Read more
November 12, 2015
Special Advocate Visiting Philippines for Launch of National Financial Inclusion Strategy
In her capacity as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, Queen Máxima will visit the Philippines from 29 June to 1 July. She will meet with a wide range of leaders from public and private sectors and with clients, and will participate in the launch of… Read more
June 24, 2015
