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FinDev’s Independent Evaluation Report
Drawing on feedback from the global financial inclusion community, this evaluation and CGAP's management response share key community insights and outline priorities for guiding FinDev's next chapter.
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Digitizing Savings Groups: Five Steps That Cannot Be Skipped
A growing ecosystem of fintechs, financial service providers and development organizations is working to digitize savings groups and connect them to formal finance at scale. But to actually improve women's financial agency, the foundations must come first.
From Regulatory Progress to Real Access for Refugees
As more countries open legal pathways to financial inclusion for refugees, implementation challenges and digitalization emerge as the next frontier.
Editor's Picks
This report aims to inform practitioners and policymakers about ways in which innovations in credit scoring can advance financial inclusion while ensuring fairness and protecting consumers.
Inaccessible interfaces, screen reader incompatibility and unintuitive layouts limit independent use and create “partial inclusion.” Two main issues limit inclusion in India and much of the world.
Latest Publications
FinDev Gateway hosts publications from over 2,000 organizations. Explore the largest collection of resources on microfinance and financial inclusion including over 8,000 papers, case studies, toolkits and more.
Canada's Sustainable Finance Taxonomy
Microfinance and Poverty Reduction: Promise, Pitfalls, and the Zimbabwean Experience
This paper critically examines the impact and role of microfinance on poverty reduction, drawing on global literature and contextual insights from Zimbabwe’s evolving financial landscape.
Advisory Note 1: M-CRIL's Microscopic View of Responsible Financing Practices in Cambodia
Based on research with 15 financial service providers and 585 borrowers across nine provinces in Cambodia, this first advisory note highlights five priority areas for strengthening responsible finance practices, with evidence-based recommendations.
FinDev Editor's Collections
The FinDev Editor's Collections provide a selection of resources carefully curated by our experienced editors to provide financial inclusion professionals with a guide to the most relevant and up-to-date insights and analysis on key topics and emerging issues.
News & Events
Keep up with the global microfinance and financial inclusion community. Check out the latest news from across the sector, and an extensive calendar of events and trainings hosted by a wide range of organizations.
Financial Inclusion News
FinDev Webinars
FinDev Webinars enable financial inclusion practitioners to share lessons and attend online presentations and discussions delivered by the world’s leading financial inclusion experts.
Emerging Cyberthreats to Global Financial Inclusion
This faiVLive focused on better understanding the emerging risks of AI-powered cyberattacks, and sought to catalyze informed collective action in the financial inclusion community.
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