This Tanintharyi region dashboard on financial inclusion gives a % high-level overview of the adult % Kachin population uptake and usage Sagaing ( ­ of financial products and % services. The dashboard % Shan also describes the adult Chin ( ( perceptions, attitudes % and needs within the % Magway Mandalay Tanintharyi region. ( ( % % Rakhine Nay Pyi Taw ( ( % Bago % Demographics ( Kayah ( % Tanintharyi is home to % Ayeyarwady Kayin about 881 thousand adults ( ( or close to 3% of the adult % population in Myanmar. Yangon ( % The largest concentration % Tanintharyi of adults are in Yangon Mon ( (17%) and Mandalay (13%). ( Adult population by State/Region % Married % Divorced/ % % % Separated Tanintharyi % % Myanmar Widowed % % Single % Marital status Rural Urban Rural vs. urban % 18 - 24 years % Male Tanintharyi Female 25 - 34 years % % Male Myanmar % Female 35 - 44 years % % 45 - 54 years % % % 55 - 64 years % % % 65 years % % and older % Age (%) Male vs. female 1USD = ± MMK1,320 % No income % % % 33 $1—$100 % % OF % TANINTHARYI $101—$200 % % HOUSEHOLDS $201—$300 % INVOLVED IN % % 61 are dependent on Tanintharyi FARMING $301—$400 % savings for their Myanmar of these farming inputs $401—$500 % % $501—$1000 % % 2 borrow from MADB $2001—$10000 % Monthly Refused/ % income % Household involvement in farming (%) do not know USD (%) Collection centres % % 18 Middleman/agents OF FARMER % HOUSEHOLDS ARE Wholesaler MOSTLY % SUBSISTENCE OR Directly to consumers % LARGELY FARMING Markets for commercial farmers FOR OWN Retailer % CONSUMPTION % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % Farming Self- Formally- Formally- Informally- Remittances Other No & fishing employed employed employed employed dependent income income (Government) (Private) Main source of income (%) 109’ 98’ Tanintharyi Myanmar 58’ 58’ 53’ 54’ 49’ 25’ 34’ 34’ 38’ 24’ 26’ 25’ 23’ 22’ 9’ 10’ Grocery Public Bank ATM Post Market Medical MFI Mobile store access office facility money Mean time taken to reach destination (minutes - dry season) Myanmar TANINTHARYI 1USD = ± MMK1,320 % No income % % % 33 $1—$100 % % OF % TANINTHARYI $101—$200 % % HOUSEHOLDS $201—$300 % INVOLVED IN % % 61 are dependent on Tanintharyi FARMING $301—$400 % savings for their Myanmar of these farming inputs $401—$500 % % Dealing with finances % $501—$1000 % is stressful/a burden % % % 2 borrow from MADB $2001—$10000 Monthly You adjust your expenses % Refused/ % income according to your income % % USD (%) Household involvement in farming (%) do not know A budget helps to keep track of % how much money you can spend % Collection centres % You often have to spend more % Adult % money than you have available % Tanintharyi Middleman/agents population 18 % Myanmar OF FARMER % You keep track of your % income and expenditure Agreeing with MILLION HOUSEHOLDS ARE Wholesaler on a monthly basis MOSTLY % statement (%) SUBSISTENCE OR Directly to consumers % LARGELY FARMING Markets for Unplanned expenses % commercial farmers % FOR OWN Retailer e.g. new clothes % % Tanintharyi CONSUMPTION % Irregular/unreliable income % Myanmar 38 % Not enough income % OF TANINTHARYI % % % % % % % % ADULTS HAVE % % Other DEPLETED HOUSEHOLD % % % % % % % % % % % FUNDS FOR FOOD AND Skipping meal Don’t know % OTHER CRITICAL LIVING NEEDS BEFORE THEIR Reasons for not planning (% of those not planning) NEXT INCOME Farming Self- Formally- Formally- Informally- Remittances Other No Poverty symptoms reduced % & fishing employed employed employed employed dependent income income nationally between 2013 (Government) (Private) Main source of income (%) and 2018 (22% to 18%). % 109’ Tanintharyi citizens 98’ % 69 have double the national Skipping treatment Tanintharyi OF ADULTS HAVE HAD A average prevalence of Myanmar 58’ 58’ 53’ 54’ 49’ MAJOR EXPENSE OR EVENT hunger symptoms due 25’ 34’ 34’ 38’ to a lack of money. 24’ 26’ 25’ 23’ 22’ 9’ 10’ % % % % % Skipping school Grocery Public Bank ATM Post Market Medical MFI Mobile Borrow/ Rely on Savings credit family/friends store access office facility money % of households experiencing Mean time taken to reach destination (minutes - dry season) Mechanism for paying for major expense (%) poverty symptom Main Regulated/ Financial Main Focus unregulated Uptake Product Provider(s) Tanintharyi adults use different financial mechanisms (both formal and informal), ranging from borrowing and Formal % Payments Bank MEDICAL LIVING EDUCATION pawning of goods to saving and investing, to meet their top Financial Access EXPENSES EXPENSES EXPENSES three needs which are medical, living, and education expenses. Credit, Savings groups, jewellery, Informal % Products savings livestock, money lenders Tanintharyi Inclusion % Formal Savings MFI Myanmar FinScope measures the perceived Depth ownership/usage of financial products. Multiple Informal Formally % products % Credit Money lenders % If an adult (18 years or older) believes to only served % Banked currently have or use a product or service % from an institution (e.g. MADB) or Formal % Savings Bank Other formal % family/friend, the individual is classified (non-bank) % % as accessing financial services, either Urban Informal % Credit Money lenders Informal % formally or informally. This classification Area % may deviate from supply-side information Excluded % Formal % Payments Bank (on formal product reporting) as one adult may have multiple products with Financial access overall (with overlaps) (%) Credit, Savings groups, jewellery, Informal % similar institutions (e.g. savings account Rural savings livestock, money lenders with two banks). FinScope only counts this adult once although having multiple Formal % Payments Bank products in the access strand. The ‘banked’ Banked % Other formal Credit Savings Payments Insurance category has precedence over other formal Credit, Savings groups, % % Male Informal % channels which has precedence over savings jewellery, money lenders % Gender informal channels. Hence, Finscope and % % % % % % % % % % supply-side may differ when reporting on Formal % Payments Bank Formal adult perceptions versus accounts in the Informal % Credit, Savings groups, corresponding supply side analysis. Informal % Female savings jewellery, money lenders Excluded % % % % % % % % % Overall 48% of Myanmar adults are Overview of financial access (%) formally served while 50% are informally Informal Cross-use between bank products and services, served. Comparatively, 29% of Tanintharyi Financial access (overall) other formal (non-bank) and informal products Formal (regulated) vs. informal usage of financial products (%) adults are formally served with 43% of adults being served informally. Tanintharyi region Bank access is much lower in Tanintharyi together with other formal (non-bank) has 16% of its households with a formal product uptake. Low economic activity and stability, financial access points and Formal % account compared to a higher 24% nationally. general perceptions of financial services contribute to lower than average financial savings % Tanintharyi % inclusion compared to national averages. Banked Myanmar % Other formal % % % % % (non-bank) % Tanintharyi % % % Informal % One household % % % % one account (%) Tanintharyi Myanmar Myanmar % At home % % Other formal Not saving % Banked Informal only Excluded Financial access Tanintharyi adult product ownership or (non-bank) strand (%) usage is largely driven by credit from MFI Savings overall (with overlaps) (%) 19% (8%). Overall penetration of MFIs is 11% % % % % while MADB is 4%. % OF TANINTHARYI % % % % % % % % % ADULTS CLAIM TO % % MADB MFI Cooperatives % Tanintharyi BELONG TO INFORMAL % % % % % % % % % Tanintharyi % % % Myanmar SAVINGS GROUPS. Myanmar % % % Female Male Rural Urban Penetration levels Savings Savings other Savings Savings Do not Saving - formal product up-take (%) Tanintharyi access strand by gender (%) Tanintharyi access strand by location (%) at bank formal (non-bank) informal at home save strand (%) Main Regulated/ Financial Main Focus unregulated Uptake Product Provider(s) Tanintharyi adults use different financial mechanisms (both formal and informal), ranging from borrowing and Formal % Payments Bank MEDICAL LIVING EDUCATION pawning of goods to saving and investing, to meet their top Access EXPENSES EXPENSES EXPENSES three needs which are medical, living, and education expenses. Credit, Savings groups, jewellery, Informal % Products savings livestock, money lenders Formal vs. informal usage of financial products Tanintharyi Formal % Savings MFI Myanmar Depth Tanintharyi adults have a high use of informal products with only Multiple Informal Formally % payments/remittances being largely formal (16%). Informal savings % Credit Money lenders % products only served and credit are both popular informal mechanism largely used. % Banked % Formal % Savings Bank Informal credit comprises mostly current borrowing from money lenders, Other formal % (non-bank) % employers and getting goods in advance from shop/store. Informal insurance % % largely comprises community based groups or solidarity systems and funeral or Urban Informal Credit Money lenders Informal % Area burial societies referred to as Nar yay athin. Informal savings comprises village % Excluded % savings groups such as Su Jay or Su-mae, savings in livestock and jewellery. Formal % Payments Bank Financial access overall (with overlaps) (%) Credit, Savings groups, jewellery, Informal % Rural savings livestock,