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FinDev Blog

Boosting Women’s Climate Resilience: 3 Areas to Support FSPs

This blog explains and explores three key areas (1) data analysis and evidence, (2) capacity building, and (3) adequate funding, in which FSPs can be supported to provide solutions that strengthen low-income women’s climate adaptation and resilience through inclusive finance.

FinDev Interview

2024 Pathway-to-17 Summit Reflection

FinEquity Africa Facilitator Tariro Nyimo shares her insights and reflections on the 2024 Pathway-to-17 Summit which focused on gender equality and included impactful discussions, innovative solutions, and a collaborative energy that made the event a powerful platform for advancing women’s economic empowerment through financial inclusion in Africa.

Paper

Global Open Finance Adoption Report 2024-2030

This report offers a comprehensive analysis of the open finance landscape across 48 countries, segmented into lower-middle income (LMI) and upper-middle income (UMI) economies.

News

New Open Finance Guidelines Aim to Spur Financial Inclusion

Alongside investment in digital public infrastructure, and ongoing efforts to reach the 1.4 billion people globally who still do not have access to a basic transaction account, open finance can be the next frontier for the growth of the financial services industry. 

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Key Considerations for Open Finance

Open finance frameworks have the potential to increase innovation, boost competition, empower customers, and deepen financial inclusion. However, they also introduce new risks that necessitate careful design and robust safeguards. As more countries explore or implement these frameworks, this research offer key considerations for designing effective and inclusive open finance frameworks.

Paper

How Can Data Sharing Help Improve Access to Credit?

This policy brief offers an up-to-date review of the emerging academic literature on the economics of data sharing and access to credit.

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The Role of Data Exchange in Financial Inclusion

These companion reports analyze the current state of data exchange in four leading markets highlighting their innovative approaches and the practical challenges they face during implementation.

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Harnessing Agriculture Data for Access to Finance

The objective of this study is to explore how to facilitate data-driven financing by consolidating fragmented farmer data into a centralized platform.

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The Role of Data in Inclusive Insurance

This paper identifies five ways in which data trails are being leveraged by private sector actors, including insurance carriers and technology providers, to offer “inclusive insurance” for low-income and other excluded segments, such as rural small-holder farmers and gig workers.

Guide / Toolkit

Open Finance Self-Assessment Tool and Development Roadmap

This technical guide introduces the open finance self-assessment tool and development roadmap. It provides practical tools for policymakers to use to decide whether to implement an open finance regime to advance financial inclusion.