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The FinDev Gateway Blog features interviews and blog posts from financial inclusion practitioners around the world. In this community space, we share lessons learned, new ideas, and upcoming research from the field.

Saraswoti Timilsina. Photo credit: Ezra Millstein, Mercy Corps
Blog

Three Years Later: Financial Services Spur Recovery Following Nepal’s Gorkha Earthquake

Mercy Corps study finds that access to formal savings and loans played a critical role in coping with the disaster and allowing families to rebuild.
By Jill Scantlan & Rebecca Radix
April 2018
Global Money Week 2017, Kenya. Photo credit: Child & Youth Finance International
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Five Common Misconceptions About Financial Education for Children and Youth

Child and Youth Finance International believes that ending poverty requires teaching children and youth how to manage money responsibly. Here they help dispel some of the five most common myths they've encountered.
By Emma Broholm, Megan Buxton & Sophie Yates
March 2018
Yasmin Bin-Humam
Interview

Why Do We Need a Women’s Financial Inclusion Community of Practice?

CGAP’s Yasmin Bin-Humam discusses why gender is such a key topic in financial inclusion and what the Women's Financial Inclusion Community of Practice (COP) is up to.
By FinDev Gateway
March 2018
Woman washer in India. Photo credit: Barun Rajgaria, 2017 CGAP Photo Contest.
Blog

"Our Time As Leaders Has Come"

Women leaders in financial inclusion from around the globe answer the question: What message or advice would you give to women in the sector who would like to reach leadership positions in their institutions?
March 2018
Smallholder farmers in Mali. Photo credit: Natalie Brown, 2017 CGAP Photo Contest.
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Women's Financial Inclusion Data

The Story of Her: Gender Insights from FinScope

FinScope’s layered approach to data collection and analysis allows us to explore women’s empowerment at the individual, household, and community levels.
By Soham Banerji
March 2018
Video marketing with tablet, Kenya. Photo credit: Hailey Tucker, 2017 CGAP Photo Contest.
Blog

How Can We Improve Education with DFS+?

Digital financial services (DFS) cover a range of financial operations which are enabled by relatively new and direct electronic interfaces for clients: mobile (smart) phones, Internet, and ATMs. DFS...
By Matt Luna
February 2018