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A14 LOCAL
Monday 26 noveMber 2018

CBA launches a national survey on financial inclusion

ORANJESTAD — Financial inclusion is the pursuit of mak-
ing financial services accessible at affordable costs to
all individuals and businesses. As such, it forms an inte-
gral part of Aruba’s economic development and lays the
foundation for financial wellbeing of its community. The
Centrale Bank van Aruba (CBA) will be conducting a sur-
vey related to financial inclusion for the first time during
the period of November 19 through December 17, 2018.

Through this survey, the CBA aims to acquire valuable
information on the level of access to and usage of
financial products and services by individuals. The data
obtained will help the CBA in determining its policy with
respect to fostering financial inclusion in Aruba.

To help the CBA gather these important data, a group of
designated interviewers will visit a sample of households in
Aruba on behalf of the CBA. The interviewers will receive
an identification badge with the CBA logo to identify
themselves. These interviewers have the obligation to
hold all information received as confidential.
The CBA realizes that a part of the information requested
may be sensitive, and therefore, stresses that this survey is
completely anonymous. It guarantees that all information
received will be treated strictly confidential and only
used for statistical purposes and further enhancing of
CBA policies.

The CBA hopes that
the community will
participate in this survey.
For further information
on this topic, please
contact Ms. Elmelynn
Croes, Economist at the
Research Department
of the CBA and also
project leader of this
survey, at tel. 5252230
or via e-mail: e.croes@
cbaruba.org.q