This technical guide introduces the open finance self-assessment tool and development roadmap. It provides practical tools for policymakers to use to decide whether to implement an open finance regime to advance financial inclusion.

This working paper introduces the concept of an inclusive data ecosystem as one where low-income people’s data trails are used to improve their financial inclusion.

Quantifying the potential economic and social impact of digital finance

Review of supervisory practices in countries with large and diverse agent networks

Exploring alternative distribution channels to extend the reach of insurance

Enhancing social protection through microinsurance

Studying the drivers of scale in microinsurance

Examining the adoption and development of mobile money

Identifying issues involved in regulating branchless banking

A study of microfinance regulation in Latin American, East Asian and Sub-Saharan African countries