Research & Analysis

Digital Financial Services for Cocoa Farmers in Cote d'Ivoire

Digital Finance and Innovations in Education: Workshop Report

An Introduction to Digital Credit: Resources to Plan a Deployment

This is a workshop/course offering guidance in developing new digital credit products. This content is designed for a broad audience of banks, mobile operators, lenders, and fintech firms.

National Survey and Segmentation of Smallholder Households in Tanzania

This report examines how smallholder families in Tanzania manage their income and expenses, along with the challenges they face that often lead to financial instability. These findings are based on a nationally representative survey of smallholder households conducted in 2015.

Banking Agents in Colombia: Rural Expansion and Its Frontier

CGAP Smallholder Household Surveys: Tanzania User Guide

Over three-quarters of the population in Tanzania are involved in the agriculture sector. Yet despite their active financial and agricultural lives, smallholders in Tanzania have few tools to manage their irregular and volatile household cash flows.

Responsible Bundling of Microfinance Services

Financial institutions serving the poor can offer a range of savings, insurance, and even nonfinancial products in addition to their core credit products. Bundling these products into one packaged sale can be a cost-effective distribution strategy and a means to differentiate the provider’s offering by its added value to clients.

Using Behavioral Science

This Working Paper addresses qualitative research on how microentrepreneurs approach, decide, and act on key business and financial management issues.

Leveraging Equity Investments to Build Inclusive Financial Markets

As impact investing continues to gain traction, DFIs and social investors have a unique opportunity to use their equity funding instrument to contribute further to the development of financially inclusive markets and achieve sustainable impact.

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

While the SDGs do not explicitly target financial inclusion, greater access to financial services is a key enabler for many of them. By reviewing the research on the link between financial inclusion and development, this working paper shows where and how financial services can help achieve the SDGs.