Publications

Brief
Current Trends in Cross-Border Funding for Microfinance
Estelle Lahaye, Ralitsa Rizvanolli
04 December 2012
In 2011, cross-border funders committed at least US$25 billion to microfinance or financial services for the poor. CGAP research shows that levels of cross-border funding continued to increase despite the global financial crisis and strained national budgets, but at a much lower growth rate. READ MORE »
Technical Guide
Portfolio Reviews: Resource Guide for Funders
Barbara Gähwiler, Alice Nègre
03 December 2012
This Technical Guide presents the portfolio review as an evaluation method that can help funders learn from what they fund. READ MORE »
Consensus Guideline
A Guide to Regulation and Supervision of Microfinance
Robert Peck Christen, Kate Lauer, Timothy Lyman, Richard Rosenberg
16 October 2012

This Guide updates CGAP’s 2003 Guiding Principles on Regulation and Supervision of Microfinance. The revisions reflect continuing developments in the global state of financial access for poor and low-income customers.

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CGAP publications cover a wide range of financial inclusion topics and are a premier resource for stakeholders interested in advancing financial access for the world’s poor.
We focus on evidence-based research and each paper goes through a rigorous peer-review process.

CGAP Strategic Directions, 2014-2018

CGAP
17 May 2013
This document describes the CGAP's strategic priorities for 2014-2018.
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Advancing Financial Inclusion through Use of Market Archetypes

Xavier Faz
Ted Moser
08 May 2013
The evolution of money from physical cash to digital form is redefining financial services as an information business. This, in turn, is generating optimism around the long-term prospect of cashless or “cash-lite” societies.
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Market Segmentation
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Segmentation of Smallholder Households

Robert Peck Christen
Jamie Anderson
07 May 2013
This paper examines the challenge of providing financial services that support the multiple goals of rural households.
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Market Segmentation
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