Research & Analysis

How do Low-Income People in Senegal Manage their Money?

Facilitating Market Development to Advance Financial Inclusion

Emerging evidence from countries benefiting from donor and DFI interventions that are coordinated, catalytic, and responsive to the market show significant increases in access to financial services.

How do Low-Income People in Cote d'Ivoire Manage their Money?

Résumé Exécutif: Cartographie de la demande et de l’utilisation des services financiers par les populations à bas revenus en Côte d’Ivoire

Microfinance and Mobile Banking: Blurring the Lines?

This paper addresses options MFIs have to leverage m-banking; experiences of MFIs that have served as agents for m-banking ; benefits for MFIs and their customers; why some MFIs hold off on m-banking; and new innovative microfinance business models.

Implementing Consumer Protection

This Guide highlights key areas of opportunity for bank supervisors to improve consumer protection.

Lessons Learned from the Moroccan Crisis

This Brief outlines lessons learned from the rise, fall, and ongoing recovery of the Moroccan microcredit sector that may be useful when adapted in other countries in similar situations.

A Microcredit Crisis Averted: The Case of Bangladesh

After years of strong growth, the microfinance industry in Bangladesh was on the verge of a sharp change in direction, when the big 4 MFIs began to cut back on branches and staff in 2008.

Household Interviews in Bangladesh, 2013

As part of research for the CGAP Focus Note "A Microcredit Crisis Averted: The Case of Bangladesh," by Greg Chen and Stuart Rutherford, Rutherford and S. K. Sinha interviewed 43 low-income rural Bangladeshi households.

UNCDF SmartAid Report 2013

In the 2013 SmartAid evaluation, UNCDF received a score of 84 out of 100, meaning that overall it has “very good” systems in place to support microfinance.