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Blazing a Trail for Women’s Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
The Central Bank of Nigeria has identified eight Strategic Imperatives. With their respective communities of practice, they aim to close the country’s financial inclusion gender gap.
By Sophia O. Abu, Central Bank of Nigeria
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Top Ten Publications of 2022
In 2022, we published over 400 publications on FinDev Gateway in English, French, Spanish and Arabic on topics ranging from central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to consumer protection to the role of fintech.
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Applying a Gender Lens to Digital Remittances
Digital remittances can form a gateway to better financial health and inclusion for migrants and their families. Yet one key factor influencing remittance behavior is often overlooked: gender.
By Uloma Ogba, Julie Kamau, Marup Hossain, UNCDF
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Microfinance in the Arab World: Growing, Evolving and Building Resilience
Five key takeaways from the 2022 Sanabel Conference on the state of financial inclusion in the region
By Valdete Berisha, Edy Semaan, FinDev Gateway
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Is Fintech Always Inclusive?
An IMF working paper looks at who fintech is helping and who it is leaving behind, using cross-country and emerging fintech data to see if fintech use is associated with narrowing class, rural and gender divides.
By Yoke Wang Tok, Dyna Heng, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Rising Interest Rates, a Strong Dollar and Global Inflation Could Burden MFIs
How will the evolving global macroeconomic situation impact the microfinance sector in emerging markets? Financial inclusion consultant Erik Geurts shared his thoughts on a recent Let's Talk Microfinance podcast.
By Guy Rodwell, Financial Due Diligence Associates
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What Findex 2021 Tells Us About Financial Inclusion in India
Digital financial services are helping drive financial inclusion, but infrastructural barriers remain.
By Niyati Agrawal, Rakshith Ponnathpur, Dvara Research
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Artificial Intelligence in Financial Inclusion: How Should Supervisors Respond?
The use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the financial sector is spreading exponentially across advanced and emerging economies. What are the risks and opportunities presented by these innovations?
By Denise Dias, Toronto Centre
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How Can Small Scale Savings Be Offered Sustainably?
After six years of implementation, Scale2Save shares a number of lessons learned around the key drivers they identified for viable business models and the institutional factors that affect an FSP’s ability to offer low-balance savings products.
By Céline Stevens, Scale2Save
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How to Invest With a Gender Lens
While adopting gender-smart strategies is something every investor should strive for - both because it is the right thing to do and because it makes good business sense - there is no straightforward roadmap for how to do it.
By Elvina Garayeva, Noémie Renier, Incofin IM