CGAP

When climate shocks hit, lenders usually stop lending & focus on collections. But that's often when clients need capital most. New CGAP reading deck: how #RecoveryLending can help businesses bounce back, with lessons from @VisionFund: cgap.pub/4AcHWqY #InclusiveFinance

TV shows can do more than entertain—they can be powerful agents of change. Watch our video to see how storytelling has helped to boost #FinancialLiteracy and support inclusion in #Kenya 👇   #FinancialInclusion #Edutainment

When a shock hits, insurance can mean recovering vs. losing savings or productive assets. Yet it's still missing from how we measure #FinancialHealth. A new paper from CGAP, @IAISNews & @UNSGSA shows how to change that: cgap.pub/4ea6YOX

[NEW BLOG] Only 18% of women in #Mexico hold #insurance. But the country has the building blocks to change that, and to make coverage protect women when shocks hit: clear policy goals, better data & public-private coordination. 🔗 Read more: cgap.pub/4iuQSAy

Bank resolution frameworks now favor private loss absorption over taxpayer rescues. But experience is more nuanced. The real question isn’t whether bail-in works, but how resolution design affects access to financial services. Read more: cgap.pub/3UWknUg

Are #stablecoins the next frontier for humanitarian cash transfers, or just the latest promise? We dig into costs, compliance & user experience with @Visa and @circle . Listen to our podcast: cgap.pub/4ibXl4O

Over 70% of smallholder finance demand goes unmet. #Agtech holds promise, but how can farmers adopt it without finance? We explore how better data could help—and what it takes to scale inclusive agricultural finance. Read it here, via @devex: devex.com/news/why-agtech-wo…

What if carbon projects put women in control? In Gujarat, #India, women salt farmers own solar pumps and receive 90% of the #carbon revenues—with loans tailored to their harvest season. Watch how #InclusiveFinance makes a difference: youtu.be/9O6YNprl4Kk

Cash transfers only work if they reach the people who need them 💸  #Stablecoins offer a promising but evolving path to efficient humanitarian #CashTransfers in fragile contexts. Explore our carousel below to discover how 👇

Development gains mean little if the next shock can undo them. #InclusiveInsurance protects the people & productive capacity that policy goals depend on. As we look beyond 2030, moving insurance from the margins to the center is imperative. Read more: cgap.pub/4zIlQfw

Small businesses power local economies, yet many remain invisible to finance. At #WBGMeeting, the focus was clear: make them visible, connected, enabled & funded. Digital payments, open finance & AI can help expand access to credit—and support growth and jobs.

[NEW BLOG]  In #SubSaharanAfrica, the gap between women's labor and access to resources limits agricultural output. #SACCOs and #FPOs can bridge this gap—provided they deliver relevant, reliable services to their members.  More: cgap.pub/4yTrImn

On October 15, President Ajay Banga & U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Francis Brooke recognized Monny and Vitto as winners of  the Financial Literacy Solutions Sprint, launched by CGAP under the U.S. G20 Presidency to advance innovative financial education at scale. #WBGMeetings

By 2050, 1 in 5 people will be over 60. Most will live in LMICs—many having spent their working lives outside the formal economy.    Conventional pension systems weren’t built for them. New #InclusiveFinanceFrontiers podcast episode explores what could be: cgap.pub/3TV4QDQ

This #WorldFoodDay, we ask: Can #AgFinTech revolutionize agrifinance? 10% of smallholders have credit access. A US$170B gap. But agri-data stacks—combining public & private data with #AI—could change that. We look at 5 companies doing it right now: cgap.pub/4y9NJfi

Access to financial services isn’t enough. People also need the knowledge & confidence to use them well. CGAP’s #FinancialLiteracy Solutions Sprint brought 4 promising teams together to do exactly that. Winners announced at #WBGMeetings this week. Watch: youtu.be/JVFNgvWAPeU

What if providers could use data they already have to understand not just who will repay a loan—but who is most likely to benefit from one? CGAP piloted Precision Causal Modeling (#PCM) to help answer that question. Learn more 👇 youtu.be/PIOys9wkfOQ #FinancialInclusion

What comes after financial access? As global stakeholders head to Bangkok for #WBGMeetings, #Thailand offers an early answer—and 7 policy considerations for countries navigating the shift from access to meaningful financial outcomes. Read: cgap.pub/4zaCq7B

Insurance is often designed around what providers assume informal workers need—not the reality of their lives. Teams in #Guatemala & #Namibia spoke w/ domestic workers, taxi drivers, & shopkeepers. What they heard challenged their assumptions. Read more: cgap.pub/3U3Qj8M

When disaster strikes, the difference between a shock & a crisis is preparedness. From #Barbados to the Horn of #Africa, two pioneering models show what financial resilience looks like before storms hit. Listen: cgap.pub/4hkRedZ #ClimateResilience #FinancialInclusion