Central Bank of Paraguay backs second workshop round to prioritize 45 actions for the 2026 to 2031 financial inclusion strategy

The Central Bank of Paraguay published an update on the second round of workshops for the preparation of Paraguay’s National Financial Inclusion Strategy 2026 to 2031, a process led by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and coordinated with the central bank and the National Institute of Cooperativism. The main outcome of this stage was the prioritization of proposed policy actions, separating measures that could be implemented immediately from those requiring a longer execution horizon within the life of the strategy. This phase builds on a first round of workshops held in December, which reviewed the strategy’s vision and objectives, identified barriers to financial inclusion and gathered proposed responses. Those inputs were consolidated into an action plan containing 45 public policy proposals linked to the defined strategic objectives. The second round used a participatory multicriteria decision analysis, with technical inputs and working matrices shared in advance to support the assessment. The workshops involved 79 participants from the public and private sectors, including industry groups, civil society, academia and the technical teams of the three public institutions on the committee, and ended with the presentation of preliminary prioritization results. The formulation process includes a further stage in February focused on monitoring, follow-up and governance. The strategy is intended to align financial inclusion policy with Paraguay 2050 National Development Plan goals by improving access to, use of and quality of financial products and services.