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HOW DO PEOPLE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
USE MONEY IN THE DIGITAL ERA
PB – at University of Waikato
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From the Papua New Guinea National
Financial Capability Survey (and inputs
from the Financial Diaries Study)
September 2015
Conducted by Institute of National Affairs (INA), lead
researcher Dr Jonathan Sibley Conducted for: Bank of
Papua New Guinea, World Bank (Funding from Korea
Trust Fund), Sampling Prof John Gibson, UOW, with
NSO support, including Census data
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If they have money and if the Digital Age
reaches them.....
-aspirations to have bank accounts, but other
savings/payment methods still prevalent ....
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Contents
1. Overview of the Studies
2. Context: financial services and financial inclusion
Papua New Guinea
3. Context: Morobe and Madang
4. Financial Inclusion in Morobe and Madang
5. Financial Capability in Morobe and Madang
6. Implications for policy and strategy
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OVERVIEW OF THE
FINANCIAL CAPABILITY
STUDY/IES
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Issue
• Knowledge of levels of financial inclusion and related
understanding of financial capability in Papua New
Guinea is currently limited
• Increasing knowledge and understanding is particularly
important as the formal financial system continues to
develop rapidly in PNG and households, whether urban or
rural, are required to:
• Use an expanding array of financial instruments
• Manage increasingly complex household finances
• Adopt extended planning horizons which increasingly encompass
the need to plan for retirement
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Prior Studies:
• Some prior studies on financial behaviour in PNG
(Salisbury et al), and household income and expenditure
(Christie 1980), HIES etc...
• Recent studies of financial needs, capacity and utilisation:
in Phase 1 of the Financial Capability Survey (undertaken
in settlements in NCD and with contrasted communities in
Central Province)
• Pacific Regional Study – funded by PFIP
• Financial Diaries – funded by PFIP – 3 locations in PNG
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Financial Diaries (PFIP et al):
• data collected in 2013 across three cities/towns –
NCD, Kimbe, and Goroka over 25 weeks capturing
information from 240 respondents of which 50% women.
Also quantitative transaction data, 45 in-depth qualitative
interviews for better understand the rationale behind
financial decisions.
• low income households travel long distances to urban
centres for formal financial transactions and seldom use
agents closer to place of stay.
• Formal financial transactions usually driven by external
factors (e.g. palm oil buyers and employers paid wages
through direct bank deposits). These transactions on an
average usually large, around PGK 400 and once in three
weeks households face lump sum expenditure
of PGK 100 financed through cash flows.
• Low income households heavily depend on social
networks to finance emergency expenditures like funerals
which account to PGK 200 every four months.
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Scope and Objectives
• Study scope: Population study of financial inclusion and
financial capability in Papua New Guinea
• Presentation scope: Population study of financial inclusion
and financial capability in Morobe and Madang
• Objective of study:
• Examine financial inclusion and financial capability for both women
and men who make financial decisions on behalf of their household
• Develop a baseline measure of financial inclusion and financial
capability for PNG
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Limitations
• This presentation is an initial output from the national
financial capability study, and focuses on Morobe and
Madang Provinces
• The findings may be indicative of the national situation,
but do not represent the national situation - (nature of
Morobe and Madang)
• The focus of the study is households. The use of financial
services by formal and informal businesses has not been
examined
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Definitions
• Financial Inclusion:
• “A state in which all working age adults, including those currently
excluded by the financial system, have effective access to the
following financial services provided by formal institutions: credit,
savings, payments, and insurance.” (GPFI & CGAP)
• Financial Capability:
• “The (internal) capacity a person has to act in their best financial
interest, given socio-economic environmental conditions.” (World
Bank)
• Financial capability can also be extended to include acting
in the interests of the household in which a person lives
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Instrumentation
• 2010 teams from Papua New Guinea, Zambia, Malawi,
Namibia, Tanzania, Uruguay, Mexico and Colombia met to
develop a global instrument to measure financial
capability
• Development completed in 2011: Interviewer administered
closed question survey
• Instrument used or planned to be used in 14 countries in Latin
America, Africa, Middle East and East Asia and the Pacific
• PNG piloted the survey (Tok Pisin) in 2012
• Preparations for the national survey commenced in 2013
• Field work in Morobe and Madang undertaken 2014
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Sampling
• National sample developed (SRS)
• 5 provinces selected. Target n=1,000 households, 2,000
interviews
• Both the woman and the man who make most financial decisions
on behalf of their household to be interviewed
• Two provinces selected in Momase Region: Morobe and
Madang
Target Actual
Districts 8 8
Census Units 40 36
Households 400 359
Individual Surveys 800 688
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FINANCIAL SERVICES AND
FINANCIAL INCLUSION
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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Financial Services Accessibility
• Financial services accessibility is increasing in PNG: • December 2012: 9,257 financial services access points
• March 2015: 11,015 financial services access points
• However, overall network density is low*: • 1.9 branches (2013) per 100,000 adults (global average 12.6,
Pacific Islands average 18.9 per 100,000 adults)
• 16.5 agents (2013) per 100,000 adults (Kenya 268, Peru 118, Tanzania 57 per 100,000 adults)
• 8.4 ATMs (2013) per 100,000 adults (CAGR 8.0%) (global average 34 per 100,000 adult, Pacific Island CAGR 11.6%)
• Financial services access points are concentrated in urban locations
*BPNG and Global Findex
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Financial Inclusion
• Levels of financial inclusion in PNG are low
• Estimates for adult financial inclusion vary between
435,000 and 800,000 adults (apx. 7-15% adult population)
• BPNG estimate unmet demand to be high:
• Deposit services (for economically active adult population) – apx.
5.38m people
• Credit - 95% and 98% of the adult population.
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PNG Government Commitment
• Financial inclusion is a development priority
• Expanding financial inclusion and enhancing financial
literacy incorporated in key national plans: The
Development Strategic Plan 2010-2030 and Vision 2050
• The National Informal Economy Policy (2011-2015)
identified financial inclusion as a priority action area to
facilitate the development of the informal economy
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BPNG Commitment
• BPNG has taken the lead role in PNG to increase financial inclusion and financial literacy
• Financial inclusion is one of BPNG’s two strategic goals
• Actions include:
• Membership of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)
• Sponsored and led the establishment of the Centre for Excellence in Financial Inclusion (CEFI)
• Supported (in conjunction with ADB) the establishment and management of the Microfinance Expansion Project (MEP)
• Commitment to increasing financial inclusion data, in particular supply-side data.
• 2013 BPNG signed the Maya Declaration, committing to seven financial inclusion and financial literacy goals
• The Maya Declaration goals provide a foundation for financial inclusion and financial literacy policy and strategy
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Maya Declaration Goals
1. To reach 1 million more unbanked low-income people in Papua New Guinea, 50% of
whom will be women
2. To lead efforts to create a financially competent generation of Papua New Guineans
through financial education and financial literacy
3. To actively support innovative use of technology for scaling-up access to financial
services and financial literacy
4. To strengthen consumer protection by issuing prudential guidelines and creating a
platform for various national regulators and industry networks to monitor consumer
protection
5. To begin the process of integrating financial inclusion in local and national
government, including getting the National Executive Council to endorse the National
Financial Inclusion and Financial Literacy Strategy by quarter 4 of 2013
6. To promote regular collection and use of financial access data to inform policy making
and help identify key dimensions of financial inclusion in Papua New Guinea
7. To optimize these results through knowledge sharing and effective coordination of
stakeholders, including development partners, by the newly established Centre of
Excellence for Financial Inclusion chaired by the Bank of Papua New Guinea.
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MOROBE AND MADANG
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Geography and Population
• Diverse geography: mountains to coastal plains
• Population: 1.17 million (16% of PNG population)
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Economy
• Diverse economy: major mining, agriculture, fishing
projects. Tourism in Madang.
• Lae (and to a lesser extent Madang) a hub for formal
sector business with extensive informal sector trade
• Apx. 50% of population rely on subsistence income (in
particular women)
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under 15 15-64 64+
Age Profile - years of age (%)
Morobe
Madang
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5.9
5.5
7.4
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Morobe Madang Nat Average Nat urban Nat rural
Average Household Size - 2011
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Total citizens Male Female Total citizens under 18
Provincial Population (& Age and Gender breakdown- 2011)
Morobe
Madang
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% male % female % under 18 dependency ratio (<15 & >64: 15-64)
Population Profile %ages - Morobe and Madang Provs 2011
Morobe
Madang
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Morobe Madang National Ave Urban ave Rural ave
Literacy 2011 (%age of citizens)
all
male
female
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Morobe Madang National Ave Urban ave Rural ave
Ever Been To School 2011 (% of Citizens)
all
male
female
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Morobe Madang National Ave Urban ave Rural ave
%age in Wage Employment 2011
all
male
female
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Morobe Madang National Ave Urban ave Rural ave
Subsistence Employment 2011 (% of employed population)
all
male
female
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growing foodcrops growing betelnut selling food crops/cooked food
selling betelnut mustard
home ownership Trad dwellings
Household Profile - Livelihood and Home Ownership - % 2011
Morobe
Madang
Nat Average
Nat urban
Nat rural
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Morobe Madang National Ave Urban ave Rural ave
Migrants 2011 (%age of Total Population)
all
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female
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Infrastructure and Services
• Transport infrastructure is rudimentary, large areas are
inaccessible by road
• Telephony
• Urban households have ready access to mobile-phone telephony
• Most of the rural population can access mobile-phone telephony (at
least within a short walk from village)
• Mains electricity only available in urban areas
• School attendance 57-58%
• Reported literacy 68-70% (2011 census) – but at what level?
• Frontline spending on health ‘low’*
* ‘Below the Glass Floor’, World Bank, 2013
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Financial Services
• Urban and township locations have good access to formal
financial services access points:
• 2061 financial access points (branch, agent, ATM, EFTPOS)
• Urban communities have access to multiple financial
services providers
• Urban communities have access to a broad range of
formal financial services
• However, most households in rural locations do not have:
• Access to a formal financial services provider
• Access to a range of products and services from which to select an
appropriate product.
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Financial Services Access Points*
Banks S&Ls Micro-
finance ANZ BSP WBC Total
Branches
Urban 3 4 2 9 2 2
Township 0 1 0 1 0 2
ATMs
Urban 5 16 6 27 NA NA
Township 0 1 0 1 NA NA
Agents/
Instore
Urban 11 4 ND NA NA
Rural ND 23 ND NA NA
* Data from organisation websites and BPNG
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FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN
MOROBE AND MADANG
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Many adults in rural areas are not confident in their
ability to communicate in English
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Male Female Male Female Male Female
Urban Township Rural
Cannot communicate in English Speak in English only Speak and read and/or write in English
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Mobile phone access is high. However capacity to use
a mobile phone is low in rural communities
Urban Township Rural
Male Female Male Female Male Female
Own/ access a Mobile
Phone 94.40% 83.60% 96.60% 76.10% 48.40% 21.80%
Make calls and texts 85.90% 87.90% 80.50% 36.10% 61.20% 44.90%
Capacity for mobile
phone banking 81.20% 73.50% 77.8% 27.5% 29.60% 9.80%
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There is significant variance in formal financial product
ownership by location, income source and gender
Urban Township
Rural
Male Female Male Female
Male Female Formal
Sector
Informal
Sector/
Self-
employed
Formal
Sector
Informal
Sector/
Self-
employed
Formal
Sector
Informal
Sector/
Self-
employed
Formal
Sector
Informal
Sector/
Self-
employed
0 7.30% 22.30% 36.20% 43.90% 10.30% 25.00% 29.70% 66.40% 60.20% 81.00%
1 14.00% 21.30% 23.00% 35.10% 9.70% 50.00% 27.70% 16.80% 18.80% 9.20%
2 7.30% 10.20% 8.20% 10.00% 14.80% 0.0.% 0.00% 16.80% 8.40% 5.10%
3> 71.40% 46.20% 32.70% 11.00% 65.20% 25.00% 42.60% 0.00% 12.60% 4.70%
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The range of financial products owned varies
significantly by location, income source and gender
Urban Township Rural Livelihood
Male Female Male Female Male Female Formal Sector
Informal
Sector/ Self-
employed
Savings 68% 38% 83.60% 24.30% 21% 9% 62.30% 13.40%
Long term
savings 56% 28% 45.40% 17.10% 10% 5% 59.70% 3.50%
Credit 50% 16% 13.00% 6.80% 6% 1% 25.50% 3.30%
Protection 8% 8% 0% 0% 2% 0% 2.00% 1.50%
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Urban households use a range of payment modalities,
rural holds typically use cash
Has Account Does not have Account
Urban Township Rural Urban Township Rural
Day-day items
such as food or
transport
Cash 79.2% 95.5% 88.0% 95.2% 97.2% 99.1%
Electronic - Bank 20.8% 4.5% 12.0% 4.8% 2.8% 0.7%
Bills
Cash 61.3% 81.5% 93.0% 88.4% 90.3% 100.0%
Electronic - Bank 27.7% 18.5% 0.0% 11.6% 9.7% 0.0%
Mobile phone 11.1% 0.0% 7.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
School or
university fees
Cash 31.4% 74.0% 88.6% 49.2% 72.7% 91.0%
Electronic - Bank 68.6% 26.0% 11.4% 50.8% 27.3% 8.2%
Loan repayments
Cash 17.1% 17.8% 41.3% 31.7% 0.0% 47.5%
Electronic - Bank 78.2% 82.2% 58.7% 68.3% 100.0% 52.5%
Rent/ lease
payments
Cash 38.3% 39.5% 80.0% 84.2% 100.0% 92.5%
Electronic - Bank 61.7% 60.5% 12.2% 15.8% 0.0% 7.5%
Community/
religious donations
Cash 100.0% 100.0% 86.2% 100.0% 100.0% 96.2%
In-kind/ non-cash 0.0% 0.0% 13.8% 0.0% 0.0% 3.8%
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Urban households use electronic remittance modalities, rural
households use mainly mail/ personal delivery
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Send Receive Send Receive Send Receive
Urban Township Rural
Mobile phone Post Office Bank Mail/ personal delivery
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There are significant differences in savings account
ownership by location
• Globally, 50-60% of adults in developing economies
report owning an account a formal financial institution
(Global Findex)
• Overall apx. 40% of adults living in urban or township
areas in Morobe and Madang reported owning a formal
savings account
• However, in rural areas less than 10% of the adult
population reported owning an account
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Distance to a branch* appears to be an important
factor in account ownership
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*location where an account can be opened
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In urban areas there are significant differences in
savings account ownership by gender
Urban Township Rural
Male Female Male Female Male Female
Savings/
Cheque (Debit
Card)
55% 28% 52% 24% 10% 8%
Savings
(Passbook) 32% 13% 49% 4% 14% 1%
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Respondents who owned a savings account were
more likely to try to save money
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
Try to save money for the future Try to save money regularly Try to have some provision for emergencies/ unexpected expenses
Does not have Savings Account Formal Sector
Does not have Savings Account Informal Sector/ Self-employed
Has Savings Account Formal Sector
Has Savings Account Informal Sector/ Self-employed
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Ownership of long term savings is related to
employment
Urban Township Rural
Male Female Male Female Male Female
Fixed Term Deposit 11% 0% 0% 0% 2% 1%
Unit Trust/Shares 14% 6% 6% 0% 4% 1%
Life Insurance 25% 8% 0% 0% 2% 1%
Provident/ Superannuation 44% 25% 45% 17% 7% 4%
Apx. 50-55% of formal sector employees reported owning
a provident or superannuation account
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Levels of formal credit appear similar to those reported
for developing countries generally
Urban Township Rural
Male Female Male Female Male Female
Commercial/ development loan 27% 7% 0% 7% 3% 1%
Secured Personal/ House Loan 20% 6% 13% 0% 1% 1%
Unsecured Personal/ House Loan 11% 3% 6% 0% 2% 0%
Credit Card 8% 3% 0% 7% 4% 0%
• 9% of adults in developing countries report borrowing from a formal financial
institution (Global Findex)
• 7% of households in Morobe/ Madang reported some form of formal credit
obligation
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Levels of insurance ownership were very low
• Less than 2% of households reported owning house or
motor vehicle insurance.
• 8% of urban households reported owing an insurance
policy
• 1% of rural households reported owning an insurance
policy
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Location and gender appear to be the principal barriers
to formal financial service usage
• Location
• Good access in urban communities
• Very limited or non existent access in rural communities
• Lack of rural financial services infrastructure appears to be a
principal barrier to financial inclusion
• Gender
• Globally 65% of men and 58% of women report owning a bank
account (Global Findex)
• In urban households Morobe and Madang 68% of men and 38% of
women reported owning a savings account
• Even when financial services are accessible women are
significantly less likely to be financially included
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Men were consistently more likely to report they were
responsible for selecting household financial products than
women
Male Female
Informal
sector
Formal
sector
Informal
sector
Formal
sector
Respondent only 30.7% 63.0% 5.6% 49.3%
Respondent (solely or with someone else) 43.6% 87.5% 17.9% 58.1%
Respondent’s partner (solely or with someone else) 2.0% 4.5% 29.8% 27.2%
Nobody at all 46.8% 8.0% 45.9% 14.7%
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Other factors: to be analysed (education/years in school etc)
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FINANCIAL CAPABILITY IN
MOROBE AND MADANG
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Most households endeavoured to plan the use of
income
• Most households (60%) reported planning how income
would be used. Most households (55-75%) also reported
the plan was only a ‘rough plan’.
• Household planning is influenced by the income cycle
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0% Does not plan
Days
Weeks Months
Six months or more
Informal Sector/ Self-employed Formal Sector
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Many households periodically had a cash surplus
• Slightly more than half of the households stated they had
money left over after meeting household expenses at
least some of the time
• Households typically saved the surplus to provide for
unforeseen expenses for example emergencies or
medical fees (30-50% of households), or for food and
other necessary items (30-45% of households)
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Most households regularly had a cash shortfall
• 80-90% of households reported running short of money
after meeting household expenses. Households which
only had informal sector income were more likely to state
the house ran short of funds
• Overall, there appears to be a different pattern used by
urban and rural households in respect to funding cash
shortfalls:
• All households stated they would seek to borrow from family or
friends
• Urban households tended to also state they would borrow money
• Rural households tended to state they would seek to earn more
money.
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Credit was frequently used to buy food
• Between 50-60 % of households, irrespective of location
or primary source of income, reported using credit or
borrowing money to buy food if there was a cash shortfall.
• 30% of urban households stated they borrowed money to
repay outstanding obligations and were 2-3 times more
likely to state money would be borrowed than rural
households
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A variety of reasons were stated for the household
experiencing a cash deficit
Urban Township Rural
Informal
Sector/ Self-
employed
Formal
Sector
Informal
Sector/
Self-
employed
Formal
Sector
Informal
Sector/ Self-
employed
Formal
Sector
Insufficient/low income 33% 18% 31% 61% 42% 23%
Fluctuating/unreliable
income 6% 0% 27% 4% 35% 18%
Unexpected
expenses/events 38% 22% 23% 22% 11% 32%
Increased cost of food and
other necessary items 20% 26% 19% 14% 18% 27%
Need to provide financial
help to others 24% 23% 15% 14% 6% 37%
Overspending 31% 44% 27% 37% 16% 34%
Failure to plan
ahead/budget 31% 26% 31% 11% 34% 24%
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Urban households were considerably more aware of
the household’s cash position than rural households
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
Does not know much money spent personally in the last week?
Does not know much money the household spent last week?
Does not know much money you and your household have available for
day-to-day spending
Urban Township Rural
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Most households would be unable to meet major future
expenses
• About half of the households surveyed stated they
expected to incur a major expense at some time over the
coming year
• 50-60% of urban households stated they would be able to
meet the expense without borrowing, compared to 40% of
rural households)
• 70% of households stated they would not be able to cover
a major unexpected expense without borrowing.
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Most households endeavoured to plan for the
children’s future*
Cited Also Cited
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Saving money for children's
education 44% 37% 15% 13% 9% 41%
2. Saving money to pass on to children 20% 84% 26% 20% 15% 41%
3. Investing money to pass on to
children 8% 82% 62% 23% 29% 38%
4. Investing in land/ buildings to pass
on to children 9% 64% 42% 21% 25% 43%
5. Investing in business to pass on to
children 6% 67% 49% 41% 39% 30%
6. Planning for children's future in
other way 33% 56% 24% 10% 12% 5%
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Many respondents did not know how they would meet
expenses when they could no longer work
• The concept of ‘retirement’ is usually associated with
formal employment
• Typically in PNG people must work until they are no
longer able to work
• 44% of respondents stated they had no strategies to meet
their or their household’s expenses when they were no
longer able to work due to age - they did not know how
they would meet expenses when they were no longer able
to work
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Respondents who stated they had a plan for old age typically
stated financial help from others or ongoing income generating
activity
Cited Also Cited
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Financial help/support 26%
12% 6% 2% 0% 10% 31% 36% 2%
2. Savings/ other financial
assets 13% 25%
17% 3% 6% 12% 18% 48% 7%
3. Employer superannuation 7% 25% 33%
6% 6% 0% 17% 29% 10%
4. Other Superannuation 2% 33% 25% 25%
8% 0% 34% 27% 0%
5. Insurance 1% 0% 100% 60% 20%
20% 0% 19% 20%
6. Sale of non-financial assets 8% 34% 20% 0% 0% 2%
29% 58% 8%
7. Inheritance 13% 61% 17% 9% 4% 0% 17%
48% 5%
8. Business 31% 31% 20% 6% 1% 0% 15% 21%
7%
9. Will always work 3% 20% 35% 26% 0% 6% 24% 24% 79%
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There was a significant difference in expectations by
income source and gender
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Male Female Male Female
Formal Sector Informal Sector/ Self-employed
Will provide enough money to cover expenses Will not provide enough money to cover expenses
Has no strategies
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Engagement with household financial management
was typically focussed on shorter term expenditure
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Setting and managing the
household budget
Managing your household’s spending on
essential items
Managing regular household expenses
Managing the household’s one-
off expenses
Managing requests for
financial assistance
Managing the household’s
financial documents
Respondent Partner/ someone else No one
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Men were more likely to state they were responsible for
expenditure than women – across all categories
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
100.0%
Setting and managing the
household budget
Managing your household’s spending on
essential items
Managing regular household expenses
Managing the household’s one-
off expenses
Managing requests for
financial assistance
Managing the household’s
financial documents
Male Female
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Location and the ability to communicate in English
strongly influenced product selection behaviour
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
Searched for information from a range of sources
Considered alternatives Searched to find product best met needs
Did not check product terms and conditions
Urban Communicate in English Rural Communicate in English
Urban Cannot Communicate in English Rural Cannot Communicate in English
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Most respondents had limited knowledge of the cost of
the financial services they used
Do not know how much interest has been have paid on loans over the past year 82%
Do not know how much interest has been received on savings over the past year 86%
Do not know the fees you have paid on financial products over the past year? 82%
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Findings from this study are similar to the findings from
earlier (PFIP) Pacific Island studies
• Most low income households owned few financial products. Financial products owned were principally savings products. There was very limited use of formal credit
• Rural households were significantly less likely to own formal financial products and services than urban households and exhibited lower levels of financial capability/ financial competence
• In Fiji, the Solomon Islands and PNG, women were consistently less likely to be involved in the management of household finances (other than the management of day-day expenditure) and were less likely to own formal financial products
• Many adults did not know how they would meet expenses when they were no longer working – other than relying on their children or family or friends
• The overall level of financial knowledge was low and most adults had very limited understanding of the cost of financial services
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IMPLICATIONS FOR
POLICY AND STRATEGY
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Overall Implications
• The findings from the present study suggest that the
current National Financial Inclusion and Financial Literacy
Strategy may need to be further developed:
• to facilitate significant strengthening of the rural financial services
architecture
• to facilitate significant strengthening of financial inclusion and
financial literacy programmes, in particular urban programmes in
order to increase financial inclusion by women
• to ensure a continuing commitment to further strengthening
consumer protection
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Implications for the Maya Declaration Goals
• Goal: To reach one million more unbanked low-income
people in Papua New Guinea, 50% of whom will be women
• Findings from Morobe and Madang suggest that, without major
development of the rural financial services infrastructure,
bringing large numbers of Papua New Guineans, who are
currently financially excluded, into the formal financial system
will not be possible
• Unless there is a substantive change to financial inclusion
products/ services/programmes to bring women into the formal
financial system, the goal of gender equity will probably not be
achieved, rather the gender gap may be further exacerbated
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Implications for the Maya Declaration Goals (cont.)
• Goal: (BPNG) to lead efforts to create a financially competent generation of Papua New Guineans through financial education and financial literacy
• The focus on budgeting and planning, a common feature of financial literacy programmes, appears to be appropriate
• As the use of formal credit expands, inclusion of responsible borrowing modules may be warranted
• Consideration should be given to including longer term savings, or asset accumulation modules
• There is an ongoing need for financial literacy programmes specifically for women
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Implications for the Maya Declaration Goals (cont.)
• Goal: To actively support innovative use of technology for scaling-up access to financial services and financial literacy
• It may be appropriate to consider the development of national financial services delivery architecture for rural communities in PNG.
• Developing extensive branch networks in rural communities is not economic
• Technology based solutions will need to be core to a rural financial services architecture
• However, limited mobile phone capability in rural communities, in particular by women, suggests the expansion of mobile phone-based financial services (as opposed to the use of mobile telephony to deliver agent based financial services) in rural areas may require concurrent capacity building.
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Implications for the Maya Declaration Goals (cont.)
• Goal: To strengthen consumer protection by issuing
prudential guidelines and creating a platform for
various national regulators and industry networks to
monitor consumer protection
• Consumer awareness appears to be limited for many
adults and there is therefore potential vulnerability to
predatory practices
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Implications for the Maya Declaration Goals (cont.)
• Goal: To promote regular collection and use of
financial access data to inform policy making and
help identify key dimensions of financial inclusion in
Papua New Guinea
• Findings from the present study have contributed to the
understanding of financial inclusion and financial
capability in PNG
• The National Financial Capability study should be
completed and a national baseline developed.
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