International Development written question – answered at on 10 September 2012.
Andrew Jones
Conservative, Harrogate and Knaresborough
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to support access to financial services in the developing world.
Alan Duncan
The Minister of State, Department for International Development
DFID plans to help more than 50 million people and 200,000 small businesses access savings, credit and insurance over current spending review period (2010-11 to 2014-15).
DFID is also working with the private sector to design, pilot and increase the scope of new financial services products, including to improve ways of delivering these products.
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