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Getting Inclusion Right: What Will It Take?

To kick off Financial Inclusion Week 2018, we sat down with Beth Rhyne, Managing Director of the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion (CFI), to hear her thoughts on this year's theme, Getting Inclusion Right, and CFI's 10th anniversary.
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Are Savings Groups for Vulnerable Populations a Good Idea?

The Gateway sat down with Sybil Chidiac of Grameen Foundation to discuss what works and what doesn't when tailoring savings groups to serve vulnerable populations. 
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All You Need Is … Innovation!

In this Gateway interview, Reda Maamari discusses a new regional award which aims to spur innovation for greater financial inclusion in the Arab World, sharing how the Arab Financial Inclusion Innovation Prize (AFIIP) came about, and what it hopes to achieve.
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Why Do We Need a Women’s Financial Inclusion Community of Practice?

CGAP’s Yasmin Bin-Humam discusses why gender is such a key topic in financial inclusion and what the Women's Financial Inclusion Community of Practice (COP) is up to.
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Closing the Capacity Gap for Financial Service Providers With e-Learning

Post-webinar interview with Josephine Kibe on the Gateway Academy's new training platform, and how they seek to close the gap between demand and supply in the financial inclusion capacity building market.
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More Than Just a House: Building Sustainable Homes for Rural Communities in Mexico

Interview with European Microfinance Award winner, Cooperativa de Ahorro y Préstamo Tosepantomin, about their sustainable housing program for rural indigenous communities.
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Microfinance for Housing: State of Play

The Gateway sat down with Christoph Pausch, Executive Secretary of e-MFP, to discuss housing finance, the focus of this year's European Microfinance Week, and what we can learn from recent housing finance initiatives. 
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From Diamond Future to Cool Teens to SWAG: Designing Financial Products for Young People

Adaeze Ume of Nigeria’s Diamond Bank talks about how and why Diamond Bank works with young clients, and shares insights on banking youth throughout their lifecycle. 
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The Transformative Role of Insurance in African Agriculture

After their session at European Microfinance Week, Katharine Pulvermacher and Stewart McCulloch discuss challenges and new models for making agricultural insurance more accessible.
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Should We Be Talking About Financial Health Instead of Inclusion?

Carrie Creasey shares why MetLife Foundation has shifted its focus to financial health - a concept that can tell us a lot more than financial inclusion can about how people's use of financial tools impacts their lives.