Inclusive growth

Iraq’s financial inclusion drive boosted by homegrown fintech

Digital identification: A key to inclusive growth

Advancing financial inclusion: Nigeria Study

For Nigeria to see broad adoption of digital payments it must find ways to encourage merchants and consumers to adopt them across a range of payment use cases. This pilot study by insight2impact highlights how transactional data can support an evidence-led strategy for digital adoption.

Integrating Gender and Women's Financial Inclusion into the Central Bank of Egypt's (CBE) Framework

Balancing financial inclusion and data protection in South Africa: Black Sash Trust v Minister of Social Development

Unravelling the web of inclusion

In this report, Mastercard combines insights from industry players and shares 5 ‘markers’ to help with strategies to promote adoption of formal financial services.

Using digital tools to grow africulture and financial inclusion in Ethiopia

Ethiopia has a sole mobile network provider and a banking sector that is closed to foreign ownership. Does that make it easy for the government to take a rural-first approach to digitization? Learn about it more in this USAIDFeed The Future brief that also mentions the Alliance.

Mobile banking in the government-to-person payment sector for financial inclusion in Pakistan

Through an interpretive case study of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) in Pakistan, this paper critically examines mobile banking usage by women beneficiaries and technology's effects on the institutional properties of their households.

Mobile Money and Financial Inclusion in the Papua New Guinea Resource Regions

This study investigates whether strengthening mobile money ecosystems around PNG’s resource regions can improve the distribution of compensation and benefits payments for local communities; Enhance social license for resources companies; and catalyze financial inclusion efforts.

Next Steps for the Digital Revolution in Africa: Inclusive Growth and Job Creation Lessons from Kenya

This paper provides examples of how digitization in Kenya has supported the economy via a retail electronic payments system, financial inclusion, increased financial sector vibrancy, and pushed GDP growth with it.

Fintech for promoting financial inclusion in Vietnam: fact findings and policy implications

This paper analyzes the legal framework and actual operations of fintech in Vietnam, assesses the opportunities and challenges and proposes recommendations for better application of fintech for promoting financial inclusion.

New Key to Help Unlock the Power of Digital Payments

A Guide to Supervising E-Money Issuers Toolkit

This guide draws on the authors’ own experiences, interviews with EMI supervisors, and available literature to provide guidance to EMDE supervisors who wish to design a proportional approach to EMI supervision.

How cities will win – digital payments and the future of smart

Truly mobile money – ride-sharing and mobile payments in South and Southeast Asia

Senegal: Digitizing payments could add FCFA 104 billion to GDP every year

Sénégal: La numérisation des paiements permettrait d’injecter 104 milliards de FCFA par an au PIB

Country Diagnostic: Senegal

This diagnostic report shows that Senegal has a strong potential for digitizing payments.

Global Microscope 2018: The Enabling Environment for Financial Inclusion

Fintech for Financial Inclusion: A Framework for Digital Financial Transformation-A Report to the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)

The paper outlines potential for growth for FinTech for financial inclusion while emphasising on the need for regulatory approaches , citing some successful cases from India , Kenya and China.