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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.

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Nubian woman in Egypt. Photo by Ali Hegazy.
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The Hole in the Bucket: The Impact of De-risking on Non-Profit Organizations

Whole groups are at risk of falling out of the financial system as banks develop increasingly risk-averse controls due to AML/CFT regulations. As non-profits face growing barriers to financial access, what can we do to reverse this trend?
By Karina Avakyan, Floor Knoote, Sofia Ortega, Lia van Broekhoven, Fulco van Deventer & Sangeeta Goswami
February 2019
Engraving on copper. From the 2018 IFC report, Transforming Microfinance Institutions in the Arab World.
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Why Have MFIs in the Arab World Been Reluctant to Transform?

Some say regulatory issues, others cite fear of mission drift. But all of these can be overcome.
By Karen Beshay
October 2018