This year, the RFF will examine how rapidly emerging technologies when designed, deployed, and governed responsibly can help advance financial health, as artificial intelligence (AI) and digital innovation continue to reshape financial services. 

This year, the RFF will examine how rapidly emerging technologies when designed, deployed, and governed responsibly can help advance financial health, as artificial intelligence (AI) and digital innovation continue to reshape financial services.

Drawing on original survey data and focus group discussions with over 800 urban women microentrepreneurs in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa, the study shows that timely and actionable climate information is closely associated with whether a business is able to return to normal operations within a month of a shock.

The announcement, made at the Mobile World Congress, opens a new round of research funded by the Global DPI Insights Community to strengthen evidence on digital public infrastructure (DPI). 

This paper reviews current pricing practices in open finance, assesses how these models influence key objectives such as competition and innovation, and considers how different open finance archetypes shape the feasibility of various pricing approaches.

This positioning brief aims to catalyze a renewed global agenda for financial inclusion — one that recognizes the centrality of the blue economy to livelihoods, climate resilience, and food security.

This report presents findings on a survey of over 20,000 MSEs with over 4,000 interviews conducted, revealing opportunities for growth and greater efficiencies with use of digital products and services.

These companion reports analyze the current state of data exchange in four leading markets highlighting their innovative approaches and the practical challenges they face during implementation.

This brief explores citizens’ perspectives on Kenya’s new digital ID system, highlighting the conditions required for effective digital public infrastructure (DPI) interventions while addressing broader concerns about ensuring systems are responsible and yield positive outcomes.

Amid the enthusiasm to expand and scale digital public infrastructure (DPI) models to dozens of new markets, this report explores the opportunities for DPI to be built and deployed responsibly for three fundamental elements of financial inclusion: identity (ID), payments, and consent-based data exchanges.