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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.

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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?

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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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FinDev Webinar
FinDev Webinar

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.

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This publication explores the experiences of women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries in 2024.

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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. 

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.

Paper / GSMA

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.

Paper / CGAP

Diverse Paths: Finance for Women’s Nano and Micro Enterprises

Women-led nano and micro enterprises face barriers like insufficient start-up capital and limited networking. This publication delves deeper the tailored solutions needed to support their growth based on in depth research in India, Kenya and Uganda.

Paper / GSMA

The State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2025

This report finds that transaction volumes and values for mobile money accounts experienced robust double-digit growth in 2024.

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.

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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