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Covers insights into the financial lives of poor people, advantages, and disadvantages of various microfinance tools, digital economy, and financial policies. CGAP is an independent think tank that works to empower poor people to build resilience and capture opportunities through financial services.
CGAP Blog
4d ago
Photo credit: Dominic Chavez/World Bank Navigating Compound Crises: Microfinance Learnings From Lebanon Lebanon has faced a recent string of compounding crises, crippling GDP and decimating the Lebanese currency. Al Majmoua MFI survived the freefall and offers valuable insights into the diversity of measures that can be taken in the face of crisis ..read more
CGAP Blog
4d ago
Photo credit: Saiyna Bashir via Communication for Development Ltd Resilience at All Levels: From Macro-Insurance Solutions to Micro Unless we can ensure low-income and financially excluded populations have access to insurance to help them build resilience directly at the micro-level, other efforts will be in vain ..read more
CGAP Blog
4d ago
Photo credit: Deogratius Surah FATF's Proposed Rules for Payments: Balancing Integrity and Inclusion? As the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) seeks feedback for its revised Recommendation 16, or "travel rule", it is imperative to consider potential impacts on the financial inclusion of low-income customers ..read more
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4d ago
Photo credit: Orlando Ducay Financial Inclusion 2.0: Embracing a New Outcome Agenda Financial inclusion has a key role to play as an enabler for development outcomes and as a foundational element to improve livelihoods and build resilience in an ever more vulnerable and turbulent world ..read more
CGAP Blog
2w ago
Photo credit: Susmita Bhattacharya Trust and Awareness Will Be Key for Open Finance Adoption in India India is pioneering open finance in developing economies, with 64 million accounts linked through its Account Aggregator ecosystem as of March 2024. As India continues to scale the ecosystem, early insights could help shape AA's future direction ..read more
CGAP Blog
3w ago
Photo credit: TRUNGVO PHOTO, CGAP 2016 photo contest Financial Inclusion 2.0: Generating New Evidence to Maximize Impact Despite extensive research, the financial inclusion sector still lacks a clear understanding of what works, when, and for whom. Financial services' impact varies widely, highlighting the need for new research and more nuanced insights ..read more
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1M ago
Photo credit: Jonathan Ernst/World Bank Financially Including Young Women: Gains for a Generation The final blog in our series with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation spotlights what CGAP and BMGF have learned about the dynamics of young women’s financial exclusion, and new initiatives to tackle the gender gap at its source in young adulthood ..read more
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1M ago
Photo credit: Arete/Yunaidi Joepoet/World Bank Digitizing G2P Payments: Lessons from Indonesia Indonesia's digitization transformation for G2P payments showcases what can be achieved when strong government commitment and collaboration are combined with advanced technologies ..read more
CGAP Blog
2M ago
Photo credit: Tony Karumba via Communication for Development Ltd. Open Finance Can Reduce Financial Inclusion Gaps: Here’s How Open finance can be a transformational enabler to unleash the power of data to increase financial inclusion. Data-driven strategies and open finance ecosystems can revolutionize access to financial services, especially for underserved communities ..read more
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2M ago
Photo credit: Allison Shelley for CGAP Good News for Young Women’s Financial Inclusion in East Africa Young women in East Africa are demanding and using financial services earlier and faster than a decade ago, according to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation analysis of Findex 2021 and 2011 data. The second blog in our series unpacks these findings ..read more