CGAP's Ariadne Plaitakis presented what types of open banking-enabled products and business models CGAP believes would be most beneficial for financial inclusion, and how these may alleviate pain points of low-income individuals.
Collecting data and understanding rural and agricultural livelihoods have always been challenging. Now, facing COVID-19 and related restrictions, understanding customers and developing financial solutions that meet their needs is even harder. To...
How is COVID-19 impacting MFIs' portfolio quality? Are microfinance institutions (MFIs) facing a liquidity crisis? Is the solvency of institutions at risk? Launched on June 1, 2020, CGAP's Global Pulse Survey of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) is...
Microfinance providers around the world have come under significant pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic. To address emerging liquidity issues, many providers are exploring adjustments to their funding structures. CGAP is organizing two online...
The shock of COVID-19 offers a once-in-a-generation chance to fundamentally change global systems. With the vulnerabilities of the food system exposed, there is growing momentum to revisit this complex web of global relationships to ensure that...
In this webinar series, hosted by IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative, businesses and policymakers shared insights and recommendations on how they’ve managed to build partnerships and pilot digital technology solutions that boost bottom lines while...
Financial institutions in emerging economies require multi-dimensional support, both through investment capital and non-commercial instruments, such as grants and technical assistance, to innovate and sustainably scale products and services, to reach...
What does the future of work look like after COVID-19, especially in rural areas? Can youth create digitally-enabled agricultural livelihoods, hand in hand with the technology revolution and increasing demand for food, or are all the real...
Earlier this year, CGAP partnered with Consumers International, the global membership organization of consumer groups, to explore the current and potential status of consumer organizations in engaging in consumer financial protection. Consumers...
Access to electricity can be transformational, but only if people also have access to the appliances and technologies needed for its use. In Sub-Saharan Africa, only 1 in 3 households has a television, 1 in 6 has a refrigerator, and 1 in 9 owns a...
