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CGAP’s Research and Market Intelligence team co-ordinates research activities across the organization, and produces data on access to finance. This small but growing team is a key part of CGAP’s role as a provider of global data and evidence-based research on the industry. The team works with other experts in CGAP and the industry at large to produce a broad range of publications based on original research.

Financial Access 2009

The survey targets the main financial regulators (usually central banks or bank superintendents) in 150 countries.
About the Report
Financial Access 2009: Measuring Access to Financial Services around the World

Publications

Financial Access 2009: Measuring Access to Financial Services around the World
Regulating Transformational Branchless Banking
Use of Agents in Branchless Banking for the Poor
Are the Poor Being Exploited by High Microcredit Interest Rates?

PhotoCredit:Financial Indicators 2009 Report

Measuring Financial Inclusion around the World

As policymakers grapple with the need for appropriate reforms in response to the global credit crisis, the need for having access to comprehensive, rigorous, timely and appropriate financial information becomes essential.


News and Events

Announcing the launch of CGAP’s new report Financial Access 2009:Measuring Financial Inclusion Around the World: Report authors Nataliya Mylenko, Jake Kendall, and Alejandro Ponce Rodriguez will be hosting a panel discussion on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at the World Bank. The event will be from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. with an introduction by CGAP CEO Elizabeth Littlefield and a reception immediately following the panel discussion.


Regional Snapshots 2009

Sub-Saharan Africa (PPTX, 1479KB)
South Asia (PPTX, 1213KB)
Middle East and North Africa (PPTX, 1148KB)
Latin America and the Caribbean (PPTX, 1465KB)
Europe And Central Asia (PPTX, 1675KB)
East Asia Pacific (PPTX, 1466KB)

Report Data

Download report data by Topic:
Savings and Credit
Physical Outreach
Regulation

Report Methodology

Financial Access 2009 introduces new data from a survey of financial regulators in 139 countries. It presents indicators of access to savings, credit, and payment services in banks and regulated nonbank financial institutions. Building on earlier work, it is the first in a series of annual reports documenting access to financial services around the world.
Methodology for Financial Access

Working Papers and Presentations

CGAP Private Transactions Benchmark (PDF, 8382KB)
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