What India’s experience can teach us about building risk and market infrastructure that connects local lenders to wholesale finance in Africa.

What policymakers need to consider as countries chart their own paths toward responsible data sharing.

A conversation with Karina Broens Nielsen on what the evidence tells us about inclusive credit.

Findings from India and Nepal show how inclusive housing finance can strengthen women’s agency and livelihoods.

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.

As more countries open legal pathways to financial inclusion for refugees, implementation challenges and digitalization emerge as the next frontier.

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.

How can we better understand our customers? FINCA is using locally trained AI to listen beyond structured questions, analyzing the subtleties of emotional expressions to support impact evaluation and product development. 

How the World Bank’s Global Microfinance Initiative is working to bridge the climate financing gap

Can mentorship be scaled without losing its human touch? Strive Mexico tested what works for women entrepreneurs with diverse digital capabilities.