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.
The Role Regulators Play in Closing the Financial Inclusion Gender Gap: A Case Study of Fiji
This case study explores the steps being taken by the Reserve Bank of Fiji to increase women's financial inclusion.
Fintech Promotes Financial Inclusion in Bahrain
Bahrain hosts much of the most innovative fintech activity, including wider access to financial services.
An Introduction to the Small Firm Diaries
The Small Firm Diaries is a global research initiative to better understand small firms in low-income neighborhoods of developing countries, especially the barriers to growth such firms face, through high frequency quantitative and qualitative data collection (“financial diaries”).
Scaling Parametric Insurance in Pacific Small Island Developing States Through Meso- Level Solutions
This publication focuses on promoting meso-level insurance products designed for development banks, microfinance institutions, provident/pension funds, associations, and cooperatives through the UNCDF-led Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Programme.
Ebdaa Bahrain Microfinance Teams up With MFSYS to Digitize Banking Services
The objective of the partnership is to fully digitize all banking services offered by the company, a significant move to enhance the overall digital experience for Ebdaa's customers.
Fiji, India and UN Join Hands to Launch Ambitious Project to Scale Climate and Disaster Risk Financing Framework and Parametric Insurance in Fiji
This initiative refines and expands coverage of the parametric insurance product that was first launched in 2021 and aims to strengthen Fiji’s financial resilience against climate change and natural disasters.
Bahrain: Mastercard and BIBF Collaborate to Boost Financial Inclusion
Mastercard has joined forces with a renowned training and development organization Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance to drive financial inclusion in the country and the wider region.
Mastercard Partners With Vodafone Fiji to Drive Financial Inclusion and Empowerment
This partnership will give hundreds of thousands of Fijians access to digital payments through Mastercard’s global payment network of over 100 million merchants worldwide.
Disaster Risk Finance Strategy: Guideline for Pacific Island Countries
This guideline provides a step-by-step account of how Pacific Island countries can develop national Disaster Risk Financing strategies.