All Publications
8 Billion Reasons: Inclusive Finance as a Catalyst for Climate Action
This paper is a call to action for climate practitioners and financial services stakeholders from across public, private, and philanthropic sectors to work together to unlock the full potential of financial inclusion for scaling grassroots climate action.
Access to Finance for Forcibly Displaced Person-Led MSMEs
This special report examines the current global policy and regulatory approaches to enhancing access to finance for FDP-led MSMEs, providing key considerations for financial policymakers and regulators.
Advancing Women-Led MSMEs Through Digital Financial Inclusion
This publication shares how policies, products, and grassroots actions enable women entrepreneurs to thrive with digital financial services.
Designing Credit Products to Support Women’s Economic Activity: Synthesis of Recent Literature
This evidence synthesis examines a range of studies published to examine the impact of financial innovations that have addressed barriers women face in accessing and using credit for productive purposes.
Financial Inclusion and Disruptive Innovation: Regulatory Implications
Financial Inclusion Compass 2024
This publication provides a comprehensive analysis of the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in the financial inclusion sector.
Financial Inclusion for Migrants and Refugees: Insights From Credit Unions
This report looks at the role credit unions play in supporting migrants and refugees in Brazil, Ecuador, Poland and the United States.
Intelligent Financial System: How AI Is Transforming Finance
This paper evaluates how the financial sector should prepare for the coming arrival of AI agents and the possibility of artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Promise (Un)kept? Fintech and Financial Inclusion
This paper uses a comprehensive dataset to investigate the relationship between fintech and financial inclusion in a panel of 84 countries over the period 2012–2020 and obtain empirical insights.
Promoting Inclusive Green Finance in Agriculture
This publication seeks to contribute towards filling the current knowledge gap on inclusive green finance by presenting a series of concrete case studies that touch upon different aspects of green finance in agriculture, with a specific, overarching focus on the promotion of sustainable small-scale agricultural production.