This focus note introduces some recent developments in this rapidly changing space. The featured case studies (i) identify traditional pain points in serving smallholder farmers (such as the cost and risk...
Sharia-compliant financial inclusion represents the confluence of two rapidly growing sectors: microfinance and Islamic finance. With an estimated 650 million Muslims living on less than $2 a day (Obaidullah...
Sharia-compliant financial inclusion represents the confluence of two rapidly growing sectors: microfinance and Islamic finance. With an estimated 650 million Muslims living on less than $2 a day (Obaidullah...
Sharia-compliant financial inclusion represents the confluence of two rapidly growing sectors: microfinance and Islamic finance. With an estimated 650 million Muslims living on less than $2 a day (Obaidullah...
Nonbank e-money issuers (NEMIs) can play an important role in providing an array of financial services-particularly payments, transfers, and savings-for those who are currently excluded from the formal...
Despite fluctuations in gross domestic product (GDP) between 2005-2009, long term macroeconomic indicators suggest steady growth (6 percent) through 2013 despite continued elevated unemployment (10 percent)...
Financial inclusion today is about financial markets that serve more people with more products at lower cost. This focus note first describes the challenges of the broader financial inclusion landscape...
Financial inclusion today is about financial markets that serve more people with more products at lower cost. This focus note first describes the challenges of the broader financial inclusion landscape...
Financial inclusion today is about financial markets that serve more people with more products at lower cost. This focus note first describes the challenges of the broader financial inclusion landscape...
The use of bank agents has the potential to significantly increase financial access by poor and underserved populations to a range of formal financial services, including savings, payments and transfers...
The use of bank agents has the potential to significantly increase financial access by poor and underserved populations to a range of formal financial services, including savings, payments and transfers...
The use of bank agents has the potential to significantly increase financial access by poor and underserved populations to a range of formal financial services, including savings, payments and transfers...
The use of bank agents has the potential to significantly increase financial access by poor and underserved populations to a range of formal financial services, including savings, payments and transfers...
The use of bank agents has the potential to significantly increase financial access by poor and underserved populations to a range of formal financial services, including savings, payments and transfers...
This focus note posits that banking agents are an increasingly vital player in the push to offer financial services to the global poor. Agents, seen as extensions of the banking system, accomplish this...
This focus note posits that banking agents are an increasingly vital player in the push to offer financial services to the global poor. Agents, seen as extensions of the banking system, accomplish this...
This focus note posits that banking agents are an increasingly vital player in the push to offer financial services to the global poor. Agents, seen as extensions of the banking system, accomplish this...
This focus note posits that banking agents are an increasingly vital player in the push to offer financial services to the global poor. Agents, seen as extensions of the banking system, accomplish this...
Mobile-Swahili for Money (M-PESA), Kenya's mobile phone-based money transfer service, exploded onto the scene in 2007. In just three years, it has attracted over 9.5 million customers, in a country with...
Mobile-Swahili for Money (M-PESA), Kenya's mobile phone-based money transfer service, exploded onto the scene in 2007. In just three years, it has attracted over 9.5 million customers, in a country with...