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Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on Gains in Financial Inclusion: Early Lessons From Regulators and Policymakers

This report takes a holistic look at what we have learnt so far in responding to COVID-19 and captures high- level lessons on policy responses that emerged within the Alliance for Financial Inclusion network.

Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)
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Regulatory Flexibility During the Pandemic: Emerging Lessons

This policy brief examines the types of regulatory flexibility adopted in response to the pandemic and provides early evidence on the impact of these measures.

Denise Dias, Loretta Michaels, Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion
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The Global COVID-19 Fintech Regulatory Rapid Assessment Study

Assessing how central banks and other financial regulators are responding to the challenges of COVID-19

Philip Rowan, Margaret Miller, Bryan Zhang, Sharmista Appaya, Sarah Ombija, Aleem Mubarak Tejani, Dea Markova, Daphnée Papiasse, Herman Smit, Thomas Ward, World Bank, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
Guide / Toolkit

Guide to Supervision in the COVID-19 World

Framework for financial inclusion supervisors to respond to the effects of the pandemic

Toronto Centre
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Microfinance and COVID-19: Principles for Regulatory Response

Five guiding principles for regulators mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 

Denise Dias, Juan Carlos Izaguirre, Patrick Meagher, Stefan Staschen, Stephen Rasmussen, CGAP
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Preserving Liquidity: Policymaker Responses to COVID-19 and the Impact on Low-Income Customers

Initial lessons learned and suggestions for dealing with the current and future crises
Loretta Michaels, Hema Bansal, Mayada El-Zoghbi, Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion
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Financial Inclusion in the COVID-19 Era

Policy responses in West Africa

Wilson Center
Paper

Liquidity at Risk: Joint Stress Testing of Solvency and Liquidity

Structural framework designed around the relations between solvency shocks and liquidity shocks
Rama Cont, Artur Kotlicki, Laura Valderrama, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Paper

Microfinance and COVID-19: A Framework for Regulatory Response

A review of current practice in a range of countries to suggest steps forward
Patrick Meagher, Denise Dias, Juan Carlos Izaguirre, Stephen Rasmussen, Matthew Soursourian, Stefan Staschen, CGAP
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Policy Framework for Leveraging Digital Financial Services to Respond to Global Emergencies – Case of COVID-19

Benefits of DFS in building resilience to withstand economic and financial shocks
Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)