All Publications
2024 Impact Report BBVAMF
In this Report, the BBVA Microfinance Foundation compiles its main activity data and the projects and products it has implemented to promote the progress, training, resilience and socio-economic situation of the entrepreneurs it serves.
Digital Finance Needs Demystifying for Microenterprise Facilitation
This paper sets out the manner in which people are mystified by digital financial services (DFS) and the type and intensity of effort needed to improve understanding.
India’s Invisible Engines: Understanding and Supporting Women-led Nano and Microenterprises
Based on CGAP’s research across six Indian states, this report introduces a segmentation framework that reflects the diversity of WNMEs across eight key dimensions such as enterprise size, entrepreneurial mindset, capabilities, household responsibilities, business sophistication, network access, sector, and geographic location.
Resilience for All: Why Inclusive Finance Can't Wait
This paper highlights the importance of inclusive finance as an indispensable component of resilience responses, and calls on everyone working on increasing resilience to leverage inclusive finance to enhance the reach, speed, and impact of their work.
Advancing Women’s Financial Inclusion: Guidelines to Adopt a Gender Perspective in Financial Institutions
This report offers ten guidelines for financial institutions to adopt a strategy that enhances the financial inclusion of women, recognizing them as a profitable yet underserved customer segment.
Digital Farmer Services in Nigeria: The Farmer Perspective
This report presents insights from 1,374 farmers across Nigeria during the 2023-24 agricultural season.
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.
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.
Understanding the Impacts of Savings Groups on Women’s Economic Activity: Synthesis of Recent Literature
This evidence review synthesizes rigorous evidence on the impacts of savings groups on women's financial inclusion and economic activity in developing economies.