All Publications
Making the Most out of Digital Banking Platforms: 7 Tips for a Future-Proof Digital Strategy
This paper argues that a clear digital banking platform strategy is essential for banks to succeed, and those who will are the ones with a platform that can give them the flexibility to respond rapidly to market changes.
The Power of Jan Dhan: Making Finance Work for Women in India
This report highlights the design of Women's World Banking's unique Jan Dhan Plus solution and learnings from a subsequent pilot study that helped nurture regular savings behavior among low-income women in the country.
Towards Responsible Digitization of Merchants in Rural India for COVID-19 Recovery
These 10 recommendations aim to unlock the impact of fintech in merchant digitization, particular for women, and to further India’s progress on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Building an Inclusive Financial System: A Global Economic & Social Imperative for This Decade
This paper highlights four key principles required to achieve equitable, long-term financial security for people and small businesses: 1) Prioritizing historically excluded and underserved populations, 2) Measuring success by outcomes, 3) Establishing and enforcing strong regulatory regimes and 4) Promoting growth and integrity.
Defying the Odds: Remittances During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This paper provides an early assessment of the dynamics and drivers of remittances during the COVID-19 pandemic, using a newly compiled monthly remittance dataset for a sample of 52 countries, of which 16 countries with bilateral remittance data.
Delivering Financial Health Globally: A Collection of Insights, Approaches and Recommendations
This white paper aims to create a baseline from various discussions on financial health and builds an evidence base from the work done by institutions and individuals globally.
Digital Financial Literacy Toolkit
This toolkit aims to provide practical guidance to AFI members and policymakers on formulating and implementing digital financial literacy strategies and interventions.
Financial Diaries: Financial Health of Low and Medium-Income Households During COVID-19 Pandemic
In order to understand how low and moderate income people were doing during the COVID-19 pandemic, BRAC Microfinance conducted financial diaries research with 273 households from different earning categories.
Global Microfinance Recovery Continues, Especially in Africa, but Pandemic’s Long-term Impact Remains Uncertain
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are starting to recover, particularly in Africa, and some have managed the crisis better than expected so far. However, the recovery remains fragile.