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Will Central Bank Digital Currencies Be a Game-Changer for Financial Inclusion?
Are central bank digital currencies really the game-changer for financial inclusion that many claim? And how are central banks thinking about designing CBDCs to ensure that they achieve their goals?
Assessing the State of Youth Financial Inclusion in Developing Contexts
This guide draws primarily from the lessons learned during the realization of a series of assessments on the state of youth financial inclusion in Uganda, Kenya, and Guatemala in 2019 and 2020.
CGAP Strengthening Climate Resilience & Adaptation Through Financial Services
This slide deck presents the findings of desk research on climate-responsive and climate-supportive financial products that currently exist in the global market.
Check Your Bias! A Field Guide for Lenders
This practical field guide walks executives and data scientists through recommendations for ensuring that revised and new credit scoring methods are not unintentionally excluding women or any other underrepresented group.
Digital Finance Campaign Replication Guide
This Replication Guide shares an overview of a proven, evidence-based solution to a specific development challenge, and then provides steps on how to replicate it with a goal to increase the digital financial capabilities and decision-making skills of women.
Digital Financial Literacy via E-commerce: Implications for Bangladesh, Especially for Women in Business
This paper explores and evaluates the best ways to reach the less digitally and financially literate segments of the community in Bangladesh, especially women, to ensure that ultimately no one is left behind.
Embedding Trust: The Potential of Privacy by Design for Inclusive Finance
This report introduces Privacy by Design (PbD) and provides a review of the main PbD approaches in literature and wider market practice for their potential applications in the financial inclusion sector.
Financial Access of Women-Owned Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Viet Nam
This working paper identifies challenges in access to finance for women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises in Viet Nam and recommends ways to improve it.
G2P Next in India: Choice, Resilience and Inclusivity
This policy brief draws on global trends to understand how government-to-person programs can evolve to address India's challenges.
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Diagnostic for the Finance Sector in Bangladesh
This report assesses how Bangladesh is cutting gaps in gender equality and social inclusion in financial services and shows how support for women entrepreneurs alongside better technology access can boost sustainable development.