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October 9, 2023
Fight Gender Inequality: Prioritizing Women’s Customer Experience in Product Design and Complaint Resolution Processes
Interviews with 38 women MSE owners in India emphasize the need for banks and fintechs to adopt a gender-intelligent approach to better understand how women use complaint resolution processes and design offerings that address their specific needs
September 26, 2023
Equitable AI for Inclusive Finance
Artificial intelligence (AI) enables innovations in digital finance that can boost efficiency, cut costs, and expand consumer reach. AI provides scalable ways to determine the creditworthiness of individuals and businesses
September 26, 2023
India Can Beat the Heat with Inclusive Fintech
Thunderstorms, flash floods, and landslides have made headlines this year’s monsoon season, as rainfall in northern India was far more intense than forecast.
September 26, 2023
Bridging the Gender Gap: How Fintechs Drive Financial Inclusion
Fintech companies are reshaping the way we interact with money and financial services, and their impact goes beyond just convenience and efficiency
June 13, 2023
Tackling Digital and Financial Exclusion: Women Vendors Raising Themselves Out of Poverty with Social Media Marketing
Women micro-entrepreneurs in Nairobi’s informal settlements struggle to get online and access the credit they need
June 13, 2023
Inclusive Finance and Extreme Heat: How Small Loans and Parametric Insurance Can Help Vulnerable Populations Manage Through Deadly Heat Waves
Last year, temperatures were at an all-time high in India. CFI’s Howard Miller highlights the negative impacts of extreme heat on households in India
June 13, 2023
Five Opportunities for Funding Transparency in Financial Inclusion
Transparency around funding for financial inclusion is a critical building block for effective funder decision-making and coordination, and potentially for impact
June 13, 2023
Doing Good by Doing Well: Women Banking Agents in India
As part of CGAP’s Agent Networks at the Last Mile initiative, we explored the role of gender in developing rural agent networks in Bihar State, India, through the State Government’s Bank Sakhi Program
June 13, 2023
Letting the Consumer Speak: The Reality of Access to Finance in Guatemala
Immigration to the United States from Guatemala is motivated by a myriad of factors, including rising rates of local violence and climate-change induced impacts on agriculture, but the main accelerant is extreme poverty without prospects for economic mobility
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GST 2.0 and Tax Cuts: Can They Make Growth Fairer and Greener?
India's latest GST reform, being termed as GST 2.0, is more than just slashing rates. By simplifying the tax structure, cutting levies on essentials, and supporting renewable infrastructure, it's open..
Reimagining Sports in CSR: From Tokenism to a Vehicle for Multiplying Impact
In 2023–24, Indian companies spent about ₹1,396 crore of their CSR budgets on sports — just 4% of the total ₹34,909 crore Indian corporates spent on CSR that year. Most of the rest went to edu..
Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
Under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), India has 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) spread across 27 states and 6 Union Territories. Each of these small, self-governed, and peer-co..