As an archipelago the country must live with demographic and economic diversity across regions.15 To nurture a thriving financial system, the challenge is to mobilize local saving and deploy the resources as may be needed throughout the archipelago. This provides for a regionally-responsive, development-oriented financial system that nurtures saving at its source while recognizing how some regions may have greater credit needs than others. Further strengthening the financial inclusion framework and its infrastructure support are key elements in providing the necessary financial services and in bridging the spatial gaps between regions.
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