Research
COVID-19 & MSMEs: Data and Analysis to Understand Impact
What's the scale of the pandemic's impact and how are MSMEs coping? CFI’s data dashboards and analysis provide insights from four countries.
Digital Finance Evidence Gap Map
An intuitive, visual, and interactive tool designed to highlight gaps in the evidence base and show where evidence is more abundant for digital finance.
Recent Publications
Report • Dec 01, 2022
Embedding Trust: The Potential of Privacy by Design for Inclusive Finance
Report • Sep 27, 2022
Digital Adoption of MSMEs During COVID-19
Report • Sep 07, 2022
Preparing MSMEs for Future Crises: Lessons From COVID-19
Report • Aug 04, 2022
The Responsible Finance Forum (RFF) Begins a New Chapter
Report • Jun 15, 2022
Making Digital Financial Capability Programs Work for Women
Brief • May 18, 2022
Privacy Perceptions, Attitudes, and Behaviors: Perspectives from Indonesian Smartphone Users
Brief • Apr 20, 2022
Mergers and Acquisitions in Pandemic Recovery: What MFI Leadership Should Know
Report • Apr 06, 2022
Platforms, Livelihoods, and Inclusive Finance
Report • Mar 21, 2022
A PACT to Promote Resilience
Report • Mar 10, 2022
Responsible Social Protection: Lessons from COVID-19 Digital Cash Transfers
Report • Dec 20, 2021
Rethinking the Global Microscope for Financial Inclusion: 2021 Key Findings Report
Report • Dec 14, 2021
Insights from the 2021 Inclusive Fintech 50 Applicant Pool
Brief • Oct 20, 2021
Trust of Data Usage, Sources, and Decisioning: Perspectives From Rwandan Mobile Money Users
Brief • Sep 22, 2021
The Precarious State of MSMEs: Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 and Opportunities to Support their Recovery
Report • Jul 13, 2021
Normative Constraints to Women’s Financial Inclusion: What We Know and What We Need to Know
Report • Jun 17, 2021
Building Women’s Financial Capability: A Path Toward Transformation
Report • Jun 01, 2021
Weathering the Storm II: Tales of Survival from Microfinance Crises Past
Report • Mar 31, 2021
The Stories Algorithms Tell: Bias and Financial Inclusion at the Data Margins
Report • Mar 26, 2021
Crisis and Opportunity: Reimagining Inclusive Finance After the Pandemic
Report • Mar 03, 2021
Regulatory Flexibility During the Pandemic: Emerging Lessons
Content Series
Policy Responses to COVID-19 & Their Impacts on Low-Income Customers
A content series about efforts by national governments around the world to mitigate the economic impacts of COVID-19 on vulnerable...
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Women's Financial Capability
Supporting digital financial capability is essential to support women navigating increasingly digitalized financial systems
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Weathering the Storm II
Microfinance leaders confront crisis
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Financial Inclusion at the Data Margins
How financial service providers use data and what must be done to protect already-underserved populations against algorithmic bias in automated...
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Global Microscope
The enabling environment for financial inclusion...
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Latest Blog Posts
Blog Post • Nov 30, 2022
Indian Financial Inclusion during COVID and Recovery: Public Policy to the Rescue
Blog Post • Nov 23, 2022
ESG Frameworks: Risks or opportunities for financial institutions?
Blog Post • Nov 22, 2022
Rebuilding After COVID: Financial Inclusion Across Asia
Blog Post • Nov 16, 2022
Client-Centricity Leads the Way in Latin American Inclusive Finance Reponses to COVID-19
Blog Post • Nov 14, 2022
Does Financial Inclusion Boost Borrowers’ Resilience? Three Lessons from the Pandemic
Blog Post • Nov 09, 2022
Climate Change and Rising Consumer Risks: The two go hand-in-hand
Blog Post • Nov 08, 2022
Digitally Reshaping Inclusive Financial Services in the Wake of COVID-19
Blog Post • Nov 01, 2022
Slow-Motion Extinction? Or Can Impact Investors Reinvigorate Pro-Poor Financial Inclusion?
Blog Post • Oct 27, 2022
Responsible Finance and its Role in Improving Financial Resilience and Well-Being
Blog Post • Oct 13, 2022
Volatile Times Call for Sustained Resolve