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Open Finance Self-Assessment Tool and Development Roadmap
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.
2022 Trends in International Funding for Financial Inclusion
The 2022 CGAP Funder Survey looks at the latest trends in international funding for financial inclusion. Understanding the funding landscape can support better funding decisions and coordination, and ultimately lead to better outcomes for underserved people worldwide.
Empowering Rural Women in Mali Through Self-Help Groups
This study highlights the approach used to enable women to access credit and develop income-generating activities that contribute to their empowerment and give them access to microcredit.
Financial Institutions' Portfolio Quality, Growth and Financial Performance After COVID-19
The information in this detailed analysis showcases the remarkable resilience of the microfinance sector across multiple regions.
Gender-Intentional Credit Scoring
This guide introduces a gender-lens analytical framework for lenders to determine whether lending decisions and outcomes in their portfolios differ by gender and, if so, how.
Green Essential Practices Report - Highlights of Good Green Practices
This report features a selection of exemplary green inclusive finance practices, and offers insights into the successes, the challenges faced by financial service providers and the solutions they found to design and implement their green strategy.
Her Fintech Edge: Market Insights for Inclusive Growth
The study explores the representation of women within fintech portfolios and the factors influencing it. It investigates whether fintech firms actively target women customers and the strategies they employ.
Leveraging Transactional Data for Micro and Small Enterprise Lending
This case study examines the data and experience of two fintechs in India that use different sets of transactional data for credit scoring.
State of the Ugandan Refugee Finance Sector Report 2024
This report provides a detailed overview of the evolution and current state of the refugee finance sector in Uganda, key drivers, and levers as well as demand and supply-side constraints.
The Building Blocks Supporting Open Finance
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.