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Getting It Right: Learning About Savings
Five key questions we have (partially) answered so far at the Savings Learning Lab
By Diana Dezso, Mastercard Foundation Savings Learning Lab
FinDev Blog
Getting It Right: With Mobile for Girls
Mobile offers significant potential to engage people at scale, connecting them to services and solutions that can improve their everyday lives. The rise of mobile banking products, such as Safaricom’s mPesa in Kenya and other digital financial services, show that overcoming specific contextual challenges and responding to the demand of low-income people at scale, requires digitally-led solutions.
By Henri Habershon, Every1Mobile
FinDev Blog
Getting It Right: Providing Financial Services to Refugees
Drawing on the findings from recently released market studies in Jordan and Uganda, here are the top five recommendations for financial service providers (FSPs) willing to contribute to the financial inclusion of refugees.
By Micol Pistelli, Philippe Guichandut
FinDev Blog
Go Big by Going Small: Serving the Needs of Smallholder Farmers
Agriculture has not been an easy nut to crack for the microfinance industry. While small family farms are the basis of agricultural production in developing countries, this sector faces many challenges, especially funding. Funders can help to find better pathways to reach small farmers.
By Hannah Siedek, European Investment Bank
FinDev Blog
Why Have MFIs in the Arab World Been Reluctant to Transform?
Some say regulatory issues, others cite fear of mission drift. But all of these can be overcome.
By Karen Beshay, International Finance Corporation
FinDev Blog
Closing the “Blockchain for Development” Evidence Gap
Have we formed unrealistic expectations for this new technology?
By Michael Pisa, Center for Global Development
FinDev Blog
Could Blockchain Help Emerging Markets Leapfrog Traditional Technologies?
Leveraging distributed ledger technology to promote financial inclusion and sustainable development
By Marina Niforos, Logos Global Advisors
FinDev Guide
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?
FinDev Blog
Why FinDev Gateway Matters for Financial Inclusion
FinDev Gateway's new name is part of a strategic repositioning of the Gateway, which has evolved from a microfinance online repository established nearly 20 years ago into a knowledge-sharing platform engaging the broader financial inclusion community.
By Greta Bull, CEO, CGAP
FinDev Blog
Why We Changed Our Name
The question that will be on everyone’s mind is why the name change? The simple answer is that the world has changed, and so has FinDev Gateway.
By Valdete Berisha, FinDev Gateway