Gateway Guide to Blockchain
These days, it seems like everyone is talking about the revolutionary potential of blockchain. But do such proclamations sometimes have you scratching your head, wishing you understood what blockchain actually is? In this Gateway Guide we start with the ABCs: What is blockchain and why should I care?
Could Blockchain Help Emerging Markets Leapfrog Traditional Technologies?
Leveraging distributed ledger technology to promote financial inclusion and sustainable development
Closing the “Blockchain for Development” Evidence Gap
Have we formed unrealistic expectations for this new technology?
Does Fintech Have Us Spellbound?
How can we identify which fintech companies and products offer impact potential without being enthralled by the latest 'shiny new object'? Four frameworks help us separate potential from hype.
What Is Crowdfunding and How Could It Help Financial Inclusion?
Crowdfunding is gaining in worldwide popularity and in the inclusive finance sector. But who is the crowd of these platforms and what deals do they fund? As part of this year’s European Microfinance Week, Marloes Noppen will participate in a panel which attempts to answer these and other questions.
Leveraging Big Data for Financial Inclusion: Opportunities and Risks
Interview with digital finance specialist Philippe Breul
How Can We Close the Fintech Innovation Gap?
DFS Lab explains why investors must get hands-on earlier
COVID-19 FinDev Weekly Update #1
A roundup of the most relevant coronavirus-related news, resources and events from the past week, carefully curated by FinDev editors for the microfinance and financial inclusion community.
Women's Financial Resiliency as it Relates to COVID-19
Crowd-sourced materials on the issue of women's financial resiliency as it relates to COVID-19 or other serious crises. To suggest items please send to FinEquity@cgap.org. Last updated on August 25, 2020. https://www.cgap.org/blog/women-rural-and-agricultural-livelihoods-facing-covid-19
COVID-19 FinDev Weekly Update #2
A roundup of the most relevant coronavirus-related news, resources and events from the past week, carefully curated by FinDev editors for the microfinance and financial inclusion community.