National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT), an AFI member institution, announced its Maya Declaration Commitment made with an intent to better promote financial and banking stability in the nation while enhancing its knowledge, understanding and skills to deepen financial inclusion within the Republic of Tajikistan.

NBT will take specific action to achieve these broad goals, including:

• Continue to be a part of the AFI strategy, and to share experience and knowledge within the AFI network;
• Promote the development of a comprehensive consumer protection framework and education framework that enhances financial literacy in collaboration with development partners during the 2014-2017 period;
• Achieve financial access of the population in rural places and remote districts of the country through microfinance by up to 40 percent by 2017; and
• Realize mobile financial services by up to 30 percent of the population by 2017.

Forty-seven member institutions have now made specific commitments to AFI’s Maya Declaration.