The purpose of this report is to apply the adaptive social protection framework to the South Asian context to guide future dialogue and policy making.

This World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law - CGAP Brief presents data collected by the WBL project on how National Financial Inclusion Strategies can spur policy and regulatory reforms in support of women’s entrepreneurship.

This paper shares insights and learning from four non-governmental organizations on the potential to scale up government-led Graduation programs for people living in extreme poverty.

This edition of SDG Progress provides extensive evidence-based examples of the benefits of digital financial services for the 13 relevant Sustainable Development Goals with a stronger focus on women and climate change.

A guide and self-assessment tool for policymakers in various stages of digital development.

This report provides a framework for a modern G2P payments architecture which can support long-term development outcomes through the digitalization of G2P payments laying out a path to a better, recipient-centered G2P system.

2021 Global Findex finds that three quarters of adults now have a bank or mobile money account; gender gap in account ownership narrows and more.

This edition of the Global Findex database contains updated indicators on access to and use of formal and informal financial services and digital payments, and offers insights into the behaviors that enable financial resilience.

Using several classification techniques, the paper assesses the growth and performance of affordable housing finance companies across the country.

This paper draws on interviews conducted with nine central banks that are currently exploring retail central bank digital currencies. It shares concrete examples from their work and discusses challenges, risks and regulatory and legal implications.