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Financial Inclusion, Reframed: What the Well-Being Literature Can Teach Us
While financial well-being is increasingly treated as the end goal of financial inclusion, we’re still not fully connecting the two concepts. This proposed framework for financial well-being addresses people’s material, psychological and social needs.
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How AI and Human-Centered Design Can Transform Financial Inclusion in Colombia
A recent pilot used machine learning and digital tools to provide personalized financial recommendations for rural users, with promising results.
Using AI to Bring Social Capital Into Credit Decisions
Could the data representing a person’s social life be analyzed by AI to determine creditworthiness?
The Triple Burden: Climate, Health and Financial Exclusion
Innovations in financial inclusion can support climate-vulnerable populations access healthcare and mitigate climate-related health risks.
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In this webinar, we heard from key stakeholders who discussed how CGAP’s new interactive platform can help you better understand and apply financial inclusion evidence.
This publication explores the experiences of women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries in 2024.
Recent research reveals the promise of instant payment systems, finding five key ways they can push forward progress on financial inclusion - from lowering prices on transactions to enhancing competition and innovation.
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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.
The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2025
The Mobile Gender Gap Report shares the latest figures on women’s access to and use of mobile in LMICs, the barriers they face and how this compares to men.
Transaction Cost Index: A Toolkit for Measuring the Real Costs of Digital Financial Services
The Transaction Cost Index's Toolkit for Measuring the Real Costs of Digital Financial Services provides a practical framework for systematically measuring the financial and non-financial costs that consumers face when using DFS, including official fees, informal agent charges, and service quality factors.
Enhancing Digital Skills for Women to Thrive: Collective Impact on the Future of Work
This report highlights the crucial role digital skills play in enhancing the financial capabilities and overall well-being of women ready-made garment workers.
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.
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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.
Reassessing Microfinance as a Development Tool
Is it time to rethink our approach to microfinance? In this webinar, our panelists explored this critical question and discussed what needs to change for microfinance to be effectively leveraged as a development tool.
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