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Digital Social Payments: 5 Risks

A CGAP brief finds 5 risks consumers face when receiving digital social payments. Not all customers have a positive experience.

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Financial Inclusion and Women

Find out more about the cultural and legal barriers that are leaving 1.1 billion of the world's women unbanked.

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Financial Diaries with Smallholder Families

How do smallholders manage their money? What challenges do they face? What financial solutions can help? Explore the research.

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New Data: Financial Inclusion Funding Landscape

The CGAP Funders Survey finds that international funding for financial inclusion reached $31 billion in 2014.

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About CGAP

The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor is a global partnership of 34 leading organizations that seek to advance financial inclusion. CGAP develops innovative solutions through practical research and active engagement with financial service providers, policy makers, and funders to enable approaches at scale. Housed at the World Bank, CGAP combines a pragmatic approach to responsible market development with an evidence-based advocacy platform to increase access to the financial services the poor need to improve their lives.

Publications

National Survey & Segmentation of Smallholder Households in Mozambique

Jamie Anderson
Colleen Learch
March 7, 2016
This working paper shares the findings, observations, and insights from the national survey of smallholder households in Mozambique.
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Understanding Demand for Sharia-Compliant Loans

Mayada El-Zoghbi
Dean Karlan
Adam Osman
Nour Shammout
March 2, 2016
This Brief explores the findings and their implications from the study in Jordan. While the results are only valid for the Jordanian market, if similar studies were done elsewhere, we may begin to see a clearer picture of demand for sharia-compliant services.
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Topics

Financial Innovation for Smallholder Families

There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farming households representing 2 billion people relying to various degrees on agricultural production for their livelihoods. Read More »

Digital Financial Services

Unbanked people are increasingly gaining access to financial services through digital channels. Read More »

Protecting Customers

Consumer protection is an essential element of any inclusive financial system. Read More »

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From Our Blog

Using Randomized Trials for Product Design

06 April 2016
People are unpredictable and don't always act in rational ways. Randomized experiments can help businesses...
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Supporting Digital Financial Services? 5 Lessons for Funders

05 April 2016
A recent survey of financial inclusion funders revealed that a majority plan to increase their...
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Addressing Information Gaps: What Can Donors Do?

31 March 2016
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In a market, less information equals more risk, to both providers and consumers. Donors can...
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