"To accelerate the process of financial inclusion, governments need to show more determination by putting in place comprehensive national strategies like the Moroccan financial inclusion strategy based on 6 pillars ranging from the expansion of mobile payments to financial education," said Georgieva, who was speaking at the opening of a panel on "Financial inclusion as a path to resilient and shared growth", held on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group (WB) and the IMF.

In addition, the IMF DG called for a focus on financial integration and stability, and the promotion of digital and financial innovation, while ensuring better data collection on financial inclusion, which would enable efficient policies to be put in place.