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January 22, 2019

Financial Inclusion and Imagination

As virtuous as we try to be with money, we should embrace our indulgent side.

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Featured

AFRICA BOARD FELLOWSHIP

Financial Institutions in Times of Political and Social Unrest: Thoughts from Africa Board Fellows

Financial Inclusion Week 2018

Podcast

Podcast: Getting Inclusion Right Podcast with Alexis Beggs Olsen

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Podcast

Podcast: Getting Inclusion Right Podcast with Gina Harman

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Together We Can: A Decentralized Vision for Financial Inclusion

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Getting Financial Inclusion Right…with Mobile

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Leveraging Social Capital to Expand Women’s Financial Opportunities

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10 Essays for CFI's 10th Anniversary

All the Essays

View or download all the essays in one PDF document
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Welcome to the Next 10 Years

An Introduction to "10 Essays for CFI's 10th Anniversary"
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Ten Years Gone, Ten Years to Go: Taking Inclusive Insurance from Adolscence to Adulthood

Inclusive insurance's unique moment to grow
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Financial Services Through the Eyes of Customers

Reflecting on a legacy of learning about needs and wants
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Getting Infrastructure Right for Financial Inclusion

The last 10 years has seen soaring successes and unfortunate failures. What's worked in the past gives key hints for future progress.
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Getting Data Right

Opportunities to better deliver services using "big data" have grown exponentially the last 10 years, but merely hoping it will not be misused to the detriment of vulnerable customers is naive at best.
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Getting Credit Right

The Promise of Inclusive Growth in the New Economy
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Getting Policies Right in the Digital Era: Competition and Innovation as Policy Objectives

The introduction of new technologies and players is a game changer for financial policymakers, regulators and supervisors
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Making Payments Better

We need a stronger value proposition for digital payments for small businesses and consumers so we can bury burying cash for good.
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Bridging the Digital Gender Divide in Financial Inclusion

Partnerships are key to unlocking the potential of technology for the most excluded, especially women.
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Why Financial Inclusion Matters

The future of finance is brightest when it provides valuable services to the broadest swath of society and the economy
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The Role of Investors in Getting Inclusion Right

Money flows with great force toward places where it is most effectively deployed, so investors shoulder a responsibility ensuring that the undeserved are benefiting as well.
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Financial Inclusion 101

Toolkits and Guides

Financial Inclusion Glossary

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What Is “Financial Capability?”

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Microfinance vs. Financial Inclusion: What’s the Difference?

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Interest Rates 101: APR vs. EIR

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5 Great Books About Microfinance and How the Poor Use Money

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From Beth's Desk

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Consumer Harm from Data Breaches is a Black Box

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Financial Inclusion Responds to the Zuckerberg Moment

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What Global Bankers Are Worried About

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Net Neutrality Ruling Could Block Your Bank

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Calling All Countries to Get Policies Right

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Selected Contributors

Alex Taylor

Marketing and Community Outreach Manager, the Smart Campaign

Danielle Piskadlo

Director, Investing in Inclusive Finance

Jacqueline Foelster

Lead Research Specialist

Pablo Anton-Diaz

Research Manager

Tess Johnson

Research Associate

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Africa Board Fellowship Spotlight

Spotlighting the experiences of ABF Fellows and reflections from industry experts
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Keeping Clients First

Keeping focus on who matters most in financial inclsusion
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Global Findex

Assessing the progress of financial inclusion
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Innovation Spotlight

From mobile payments to behavioral changes, innovation in financial inclusion takes many shapes and sizes.
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Getting Inclusion Right

What do we have to get right to achieve meaningful financial inclusion?
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