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Blog Series

2017 Global Findex: What You Need to Know

The Global Findex is the world's most comprehensive data set on financial inclusion. Launched with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and published every three years, it consists of nationally representative surveys of roughly 150,000 adults in more than 140 economies. When the Global Findex was first launched in 2011, just 51 percent of the world's adult population owned a financial account. The 2017 Global Findex shows that 1.2 billion adults have opened an account since then, bringing the share of financially included adults to 69 percent. Yet progress has been uneven among economies, and usage continues to be a challenge.

What are the key findings from the latest Findex? What can be done to close the gender gap in developing countries, which has persisted at 9 percentage points? In this blog series, CGAP digs into the latest Findex data for answers to these and other questions of critical importance for the financial inclusion community going forward. 

A group of women reads about a savings program in Pakistan.
Blog
30 October 2018

Pakistan Enigma: Why Is Financial Inclusion Happening So Slowly?

Just 21 percent of adults have accounts in Pakistan, despite decades of support for financial inclusion. What could accelerate progress?
A merchant uses her mobile phone in India
Blog
30 August 2018

India Moves Toward Universal Financial Inclusion

The 2017 Findex shows India has made significant financial inclusion progress in the past four years, but use remains a challenge.
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Blog
07 August 2018

Financial Inclusion: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? (Pt 2)

The number of people with financial accounts has grown rapidly, but account dormancy remains a problem, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and India.
Villagers use mobile phone in Philippines
Blog
30 July 2018

Financial Inclusion: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? (Pt 1)

The rate of access to new accounts has slowed in recent years, but there are reasons to be optimistic about the future of financial inclusion.
Street vendor in Bangladesh uses mobile phone. Photo by Md Shafiqur Rahman 2016 CGAP Photo Contest
Blog
24 July 2018

2017 Global Findex: Behind the Numbers on Bangladesh

Bangladesh has made great strides toward financial inclusion, but many challenges remain -- including one of the largest gender gaps in the world.
Woman on bicycle in Cote d'Ivoire. Photo by Rajesh Bhattacharjee, 2014 CGAP Photo Contest.
Blog
26 June 2018

In Côte d'Ivoire, Financial Inclusion at a Crossroads

Mobile money is driving overall progress in financial inclusion in Côte d’Ivoire, but it’s also highlighting a digital divide that could leave excluded segments behind if not dealt with through smart policy.
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Blog
21 June 2018

How Ghana Became One of Africa’s Top Mobile Money Markets

Mobile money account ownership tripled in Ghana from 2014 to 2017, making the country one of the fastest growing mobile money markets in Africa. How? Smart regulations played a key role.
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Blog
06 June 2018

2017 Global Findex: Behind the Numbers on Rural China

What does (and doesn't) the latest Findex tell us about China's urban-rural divide in financial inclusion?
Woman holding lamb in her arms, Peru. Photo: David Martin Huamani Bedoya, 2017 CGAP Photo Contest
Blog
30 April 2018

Measuring Women’s Financial Inclusion: The 2017 Findex Story

Despite global progress toward universal access to financial services, the gender gap remains at 9 percentage points in developing countries. Here's a look at what the 2017 Global Findex tells us about women's access to financial services.
Person holding mobile phone.
Blog
25 April 2018

New Global Findex: What You Need to Know

The latest Findex shows global progress on access to financial services, but it also illustrates challenges in reaching marginalized groups and increasing usage.

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