s rural clients. many of our teachers and public servants living in remote parts of country have spent a good part of their income in travel cost and time wastage to access banking services. this wastage of money and time could end if the new service is available in their communities. the impact of such savings can benefit and improve the living standards of people living in rural communities. thirdly, the launch of anz gomoney marks another challenge not only for anz but also for the cbsi. this is the education of the users on use of these electronic or digital banking services. i learnt that anz has already embarked on educating its clients ahead of this launch, but our people must be taught the values that they get from the use of these new financial service platforms. we want to encourage active use of the service ( both customers and traders ) to realise the benefits of capital investments. with these few remarks ladies and gentleman once again, we in the central bank of solomon islands congratulate anz on this occasion and we wish anz gomoney a successful launch on monday, 16th september 2013. bis central bankers ’ speeches

denton rarawa : financial inclusion in solomon islands remarks by mr denton rarawa, governor of central bank of solomon islands, on the occasion of the presentation of the g2p study findings, honiara, 10 december 2014. * * * salutation : dfat representatives, other distinguished guests – reps from government ministries, commercial bank reps, telecommunication companies, and other financial institutions, nfit members and cbsi, members of the media, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. let me thank you for taking the time to be here with us. today ’ s event is to present to stakeholders the findings of the government to persons ( g2p ) study conducted by the cbsi ( financial inclusion team ) and the united nations pacific financial inclusion programme ( pfip ) with funding assistance from the department of foreign affairs & trade, government of australia. financial inclusion in solomon islands before we listen to the findings, let me briefly explain what financial inclusion means for solomon islands and how we are driving this agenda in this country. financial inclusion is an important agenda in solomon islands and is driven by the national financial inclusion task force ( nfit ) and the cbsi. we will hear a progress update during the session today but let me briefly explain what it means for solomon islands. when we talk about financial inclusion we consider 4 dimensions of : ( 1 ) access to financial services, ( 2 ) usage of financial services, ( 3 ) quality of financial services, and ( 4 ) the impact financial service has on the lives of an individual. the nfit has identified key areas and has outlined strategies and action plans in our endeavour to address the financial inclusion agenda in this country. one key area that was identified was the provision and availability of data, particularly demand side data or market information. this is very crucial for evidence - based policies and market decisions by the private sector. so far few surveys have been conducted by cbsi in partnership with pfip, such as the financial competency survey on low income households, the market vendor survey and now the g2p survey. next will be the financial inclusion market demand side survey. these surveys and those yet to come are aimed at providing better information to both policy makers and the private sector in the area of financial inclusion. g2p aims to improve delivery of bulk payment type transactions. g2p aims at addressing efficiency of bulk payments by the government particularly through the use of digital financial services. i was told that around