FI2020 Week, Nov. 2-6, 2015

FI2020 Week served as a launching point for conversations across the globe that focused on quality (the value to customers) and outreach (reaching more people, especially those most excluded) as the double hearts of financial inclusion. FI2020 Week Partners hosted multi-stakeholder events to identify the most significant action steps to advance financial inclusion in their own contexts to build momentum around addressing the most significant gaps in financial inclusion. Learn more on the FI2020 Week website or read the FI2020 Week Roundup E-Magazine, with event highlights, social media activity, and calls to action.

Recent FI2020 Publications

FI2020 Progress Report (October 2015)

In the new FI2020 Progress Report, we present our assessment of progress toward global financial inclusion through the lens of five topics: Addressing Customer Needs, Client Protection, Credit Reporting & Data, Financial Capability, and Technology. The report provides a qualitative and interactive assessment of who is doing what, celebrating the most significant accomplishments, and highlighting the gaps that constitute the agenda for the coming years. We’ve started each topic of conversation with a scorecard between 0 and 10. We invite you to use the interactive feature on the website to cast your own vote and compare your scores to ours. 

FI2020 E-Zine: Three Essential Debates (August 2015)

Will microfinance continue to be relevant in 2020 and beyond? Should regulators or the industry lead on client protection? Will data analytics replace traditional credit reporting systems? A new Financial inclusion 2020 e-magazine explores these three essential questions debate-style, tapping industry leaders from around the world to weigh in with their perspectives.

By the Numbers: Benchmarking Progress Toward Financial Inclusion (June 2015)

By the Numbers is a quantitative review of the current status of financial inclusion globally, which relies on the two Findex datasets supplemented by data from the EIU Global Microscope 2014, UN, World Development Indicators, IMF, Alliance for Financial Inclusion, and the GSMA State of the Industry.

Aging and Financial Inclusion: An Opportunity (February 2015)

Undertaken together with HelpAge International, this report examines the unmet financial needs of the rapidly growing global aging population, particularly in the developing world. The purpose of this report is to highlight the barriers and opportunities related to financial services in older age and throughout the aging process, a relatively neglected area of study.

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Roundup 2014 E-Zine (December 2014)

In 2014, FI2020 spoke with dozens of industry participants to gauge their views of the progress of each major recommendation presented at the Global Forum, and we’ve distilled their responses here. With this e-zine we bring you highlights of the past year from around the financial inclusion world – new ventures, milestones, and ongoing debates.

Global Microscope 2014 (November 2014)

The Global Microscope, now in its eighth year, has expanded its framework to measure financial inclusion beyond microfinance. The 2014 Microscope examines the inclusiveness of countries’ financial sectors by considering best practices in the national regulatory environment and institutional support in the safe provision of a wider range of financial products and services to low income populations. Developed by the EIU in collaboration with the Multilateral Investment Fund (a member of the Inter-American Development Bank Group) and CAF (the development bank of Latin America), and with additional support from the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion and Citi Microfinance, the Global Microscope scores countries as a way of benchmarking their progress toward a financially inclusive environment for the bottom of the pyramid.