Centre for Research and Development (CRD) organized training on Data Collection of the Empirical Study of Gender Gap in Financial Inclusion (GGiFI) on 22 May, 2022. This training was held on 22-26 May, 2022, at NGO Forum for Public Health, Lalmatia, Dhaka. The 5-Day long training consisted of 20 enumerators, 15 field research team members and 4 core members of the study team participated and contributed in the discussions.

 

Gender Gap in Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh (GGiFI) is a country-wide, large-scale empirical study that aims to investigate the pattern and extent of financial inclusion of women both in rural and urban Bangladesh. The study is being funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Main objective of the research is to examine the extent and patterns of gender gap in financial inclusion and thereby, to develop possible future areas of research/recommendations/ways to reduce (if not to completely eliminate) gender gap in financial inclusion. The research study will be conducted with a large sample of households (3300). 

 

The training started with a short introduction (background, objective and methodology). This session was facilitated by Mokhlesur Rahman, PhD. In the second session on Financial Inclusion related concepts and gender concerns in Bangladesh was jointly facilitated by Lila Rashid, PhD and Prof. Ayesha Banu, PhD. The third session of the training was facilitated by Mokhlesur Rahman, PhD, on sampling techniques and processes and the last session of the day was facilitated by Prof. Sayema Haque Bidisha, PhD. She discussed the first section of the survey questionnaire (Tool 1). 

 

All sessions were heavily interactive. The enumerators shared their questions, opinions, suggestions, and concerns. Mokhlesur Rahman, PhD, thanked all for their vibrant participation, and he expressed his hope for a smooth and successful training.