Digital Payments Roadmap: Towards Inclusive, Accessible, Effective And Sustainable Digital Payments In South Africa
The purpose of this Roadmap is to identify obstacles, barriers and challenges to the adoption of an increased and effective usage of digital payments, and to develop a multi-disciplinary and stakeholder action plan to unlock the inclusivity, effectiveness and sustainability of digital payments in South Africa.
The Role Regulators Play in Closing the Financial Inclusion Gender Gap: A Case Study of Fiji
This case study explores the steps being taken by the Reserve Bank of Fiji to increase women's financial inclusion.
The Role Regulators Play in Closing the Financial Inclusion Gender Gap: A Case Study of Costa Rica
This case study explores the steps being taken in Costa Rica to increase women's financial inclusion.
Islamic Finance and Financial Inclusion: AFI Members’ Perspectives
This report highlights initiatives and promotes collaboration to further advance financial inclusion through Islamic finance.
Al-Amal Microfinance Bank's Micro-Letters of Guarantee (Micro-LGs)
This paper describes the development of microfinance in Yemen and the role of Al-Amal Bank in the sector over the past 15 years, then introduces the concept of micro letters of guarantee, which Al-Amal Bank launched in 2020.
WSBI's Journey in Making Small Scale Savings Work
The Landscape of Microinsurance 2022
This 34-country microinsurance landscape report tracks the uptake of inclusive insurance products and services in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Beyond Access: A Look Into the Drivers of Long-term Financial Health
Through a combination of qualitative interviews, customer surveys and analysis of data from over 3.6 million Nubank customers, this research gathered a rich set of insights to inform how we can collectively close the gap between account access and a sense of sustainable financial security and health.
Scaling Responsible Digital Payments in the Indonesian Cocoa Sector
For digital payments to be meaningful for farmers, the study finds that digitization needs to be strongly linked to access to a broader suite of financial services, to unlock farm investments and smooth day-to-day consumption.
The Impact of Mobile Money Interoperability on Financial Inclusion
This report assesses the impact of mobile money interoperability by considering the economic literature on interoperability more generally and utilizing a case study approach in five mobile money countries: Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda and Tanzania.