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Financial Health and Consumer Protection: Two Frameworks Converging
What do these distinct yet overlapping frameworks have in common and how do they affect each other?
By Eric Duflos & Juan Carlos Izaguirre, CGAP
FinDev Blog
Financial Health: The Opportunity for Financial Service Providers
If FSPs prioritize the financial health of their customers, they will not only increase customer loyalty, but they will build a more robust client base that will lead to longer term sustainability for their businesses.
By Payal Dalal, Mastercard
FinDev Blog
How Do We Measure Financial Health?
In the third post of our blog series on financial health, we explore how capturing the essence of this multi-dimensional concept takes us beyond standard measures of financial access or income.
By Paul Gubbins & Ben Mazzotta
FinDev Blog
Four Ways Financial Sector Policymakers Can Promote Financial Health
In the second post in our blog series on financial health, we explore what policymakers can do to ensure that the financial sector works to support people’s financial wellbeing.
By Elisabeth Rhyne
FinDev Blog
Financial Health Goes Global
This post is the first in the FinDev Blog series on financial health, introducing the concept of financial health and discussing new efforts to apply the concept in low- and middle-income countries.
By Pia Bernadette Roman Tayag, UNSGSA
FinDev Guide
Guide to Financial Health
This guide summarizes recent work on financial health that is relevant for policy and practice across the world, to help you get up to speed on the current state of the financial health movement.
FinDev Blog
From the Microfinance Coalition: Call to Action for Donors
In light of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, the foundational support of donors is once again crucial to preserving and fostering responsible financial inclusion.
By The Microfinance Coalition
FinDev Blog
From the Microfinance Coalition: Call to Action for Policymakers
Policymakers should work closely with MFIs to find the right balance between helping clients in times of stress and preserving the long-term financial viability of the sector.
By The Microfinance Coalition
FinDev Blog
COVID-19 Threatens the Microfinance Sector and the Livelihoods of Those We Serve: Building a Coalition for Collective Action
An invitation to microfinance networks and organizations to join the coalition and raise their voices
By The Microfinance Coalition
FinDev Blog
From the Microfinance Coalition: Call to Action for Investors
How investors respond during this pandemic will determine the extent to which MFIs are able to respond to the needs of their customers.
By The Microfinance Coalition