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22 Stories by CGAP

A framework to measure women’s economic empowerment in financial inclusion

This publication developed by FinEquity is a reference guide for financial inclusion practitioners, researchers, and other stakeholders interested in applying women’s economic empowerment (WEE)...
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Measuring the influence of financial services on reaching the SDGs

The authors share results and learnings from the UNCDF Impact Pathways tool which provides a way to measure how investments in the digital economy...
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Data privacy concerns influence financial behaviors in India, Kenya

CGAP’s new research results show that customers’ concerns about data privacy influence how they interact with financial services to a greater extent than has...
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How Ghana’s new digital finance policy can drive women’s inclusion

One of the goals of Ghana’s new digital financial services (DFS) Policy is to close the gender gap by ensuring that at least 85...
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Financial Consumer Protection: 3 Steps to Better Customer Outcomes

In this blog, senior financial sector specialist Antonique Koning reminds financial services providers and regulators of their duty to protect customers especially now during...
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These Digital Banks help Fintechs to offer banking services

Imagine that virtually any type of business you can think of could offer banking services to their customers, without having to apply for a...
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How Is the Pandemic Affecting Agents? Here’s What Providers Tell Us

Over the last few months, CGAP has been asking mobile money operators, digital banks, fintechs and other DFS providers across Asia and Africa how...
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Financial services build resilience in face of crises like COVID-19

CGAP's Elizabeth McGuinness argues that for households and families to recover from the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, responses by policy makers and...
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Ghana launches world’s first Digital Finance Policy amid COVID-19

Ghana has become the first country in Africa to launch a digital financial services (DFS) policy according to CGAP.  The government hopes that the...
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API Technology Jargon: What Business Leaders Need to Know

A new resource from CGAP on how business leaders can navigate the technology decisions required for an API initiative. The “Technology Building Blocks for...
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