Symbiotics Impact Report 2021
This report analyzes and presents the social and environmental impact of Symbiotics investments as of December 2021 and explains how it supports more than 2 million people in 76 developing countries around the world.
Sustainable Finance in the MENA Region
This study aimed to gauge MFIs' awareness on the topic of sustainable finance, measure their progress towards sustainability at the institutional and client level and determine the support needed to develop and implement environmental strategies.
Business Correspondent Network Managers Experiment And Demonstrating Scale: Endline Report
This study shares findings from three pilots, in collaboration with six partners, conducted as part of the action research agenda to experiment with product diversification, capacity building, and customer empowerment.
Advancing Livelihoods Through Financial Inclusion in Iraq
This report provides an overview of the target market and enabling environment for the financial services industry in Iraq.
Starting the Transaction: Payment Initiation and Customer Experience
This technical note is framed to help policymakers and payment system operators understand recent trends in payment initiation and customer experience in making interoperable payments work better for low-income populations.
Instant Payments and Merchants — Pricing Policy Considerations
This technical note helps explain why changes in instant payment pricing are occurring, assesses their impact on market development, and offers suggestions for the path forward.
Finance for All: A Practical Guide to Disability Inclusion for Financial Services Providers in Cambodia
This manual provides guidance for financial services providers to make their products and services accessible for all clients, including those with disabilities.
Making Digital Public Infrastructure Work for Women
This policy brief offers recommendations that leverage digital public infrastructure to enable and advance women’s economic empowerment through financial inclusion.
Child Labor, Rainfall Shocks, and Financial Inclusion: Evidence From Rural Households
This paper explores how rural Colombian households respond to rainfall shocks by shifting children's time from school to domestic activities, with the impact on education mitigated or exacerbated by financial inclusion measures.
Promoting Inclusive Green Finance Initiative and Policies
This report seeks to deepen understanding of the first “P” — Promotion — of the 4P Framework for Inclusive Green Finance by sharing the experiences of AFI members who have begun promoting IGF in their countries, such as through awareness raising, capacity building and data collection.