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Complex Provider Ecosystems and Financial Inclusion

An ecosystem involving multiple providers, which play specialized roles, will ultimately close the financial inclusion gap.

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Financial Innovation for Smallholder Families

CGAP's new workstream focuses on 500 million smallholder families, the largest global segment living on less than $2 per day.

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Digital Cash and the Journey to Financial Inclusion

Digital cash brings promising opportunities, but successes have been difficult to extrapolate or apply to other markets.

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About CGAP

The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor works toward a world in which everyone has access to the financial services they need to improve their lives.

CGAP develops innovative solutions for financial inclusion through practical research and active engagement with financial service providers, policy makers, and funders. Established in 1995 and housed at the World Bank, CGAP combines a pragmatic approach to market development with an evidence-based advocacy platform to advance poor people’s access to finance.

Publications

CGAP Strategic Directions, 2014-2018

CGAP
May 17, 2013
This document describes the CGAP's strategic priorities for 2014-2018.
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Advancing Financial Inclusion through Use of Market Archetypes

Xavier Faz
Ted Moser
May 8, 2013
The evolution of money from physical cash to digital form is redefining financial services as an information business. This, in turn, is generating optimism around the long-term prospect of cashless or “cash-lite” societies.
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Topics

Regulation and Supervision

Policy and regulation must create the right “rules of the game” that will reinforce responsible practices and products from suppliers. Read More »

Best Practices for Funders

Over the last 30 years, we have learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t in increasing poor people’s access to financial services. Read More »

Impact

Debate about the impact and benefits of microfinance has shifted over the course of the last 25 years. Read More »

From Our Blog

Consumer Lending and Financial Inclusion in Latin America

23 May 2013
Regulators in Latin America are starting to build regional consensus and sharing successful policies across...
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The Future of Provider Ecosystems for Financial Inclusion

22 May 2013
CGAP’s five-year strategy recognizes that in most countries poor people are more likely to get...
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Financial Innovation for Smallholders: A New Priority for CGAP

20 May 2013
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CGAP is pursuing a new workstream centered on financial innovation for smallholder families, the largest...
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