Digital Cash Transfers in Times of COVID-19
Opportunities and considerations for women's inclusion and empowerment
India's New Approach to Personal Data-Sharing
As more and more people begin to conduct transactions online, questions have emerged about how to provide millions of customers adequate data protection and privacy. India's solution to this challenge is account aggregators.
Rapid Account Opening in a Pandemic
CGAP Launches Global Microfinance Survey to Inform COVID-19 Response
The survey is intended to gather data that MFI management teams, funders and policy makers all need to help these institutions and their low-income clients weather the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis.
Making Consumer Protection Regulation More Customer-Centric
Microfinance and COVID-19: A Framework for Regulatory Response
Electric Bankers: Utility-Enabled Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Without appliances, people cannot make use of electricity. But how can low-income households afford costly electrical appliances? One answer is for utilities to offer consumer financing.
Humanitarian Cash Transfers and Financial Inclusion
COVID-19: How Does Microfinance Weather the Coming Storm?
If the microfinance sector is going to survive the pandemic, we need to treat COVID-19 as the fundamental threat to the industry that it likely is.
Assets Matter to Poor People
This review is part of CGAP's undertaking to how asset ownership can lead to improvements in well-being for poor households and whether obtaining an asset through a loan or lease affects the benefits associated with ownership.