For the New Year, our latest blog on progress towards women's financial empowerment in Bangladesh, with insights from a BRAC conference we spoke at last year. Find the piece here: shorturl.at/quI38

Curious about opportunities to digitalize wage payments? Listen to this short interview that the Global Findex's Leora Klapper did with ILO Social Finance Programme chief Craig Churchill. bit.ly/3Sqgzaf

The #Globalfindex is excited to continuing measuring India's progress with #financialinclusion , aided by DPI. Explore more Findex findings here: bit.ly/3Ni2OaC

Don't forget to sign up for Tuesday's webinar highlighting how #financialinclusion can drive progress toward the United Nations SDG2030. Register here: bit.ly/3PlQebi

Learn how #financialinclusion is helping meet the #UN #GlobalGoals : This upcoming webinar features global practitioners, regulators, and researchers talking about inclusive digital finance. Register here: bit.ly/3PlQebi
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30% of  mobile money account owners in SSA can't use their account without help. That's just one way that stronger financial capability can help people benefit from #financialinclusion . Learn more in our new blog: bit.ly/47urAwn

58% of adults in #climate vulnerable economies
lack #financialresilience , compared to 25%
everywhere else, according to #findex data.
Learn more about what we can do:
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Pleasure participating in our World Bank's webinar on 'Unleashing the Power of Private Capital'! Today's event focused on the 'Impact of Global Events on Infrastructure Finance in Emerging Markets'. A timely discussion given the challenges post-COVID & geopolitical events. [1/3]

Women's financial account ownership grew by 20% over the past decade in UEMOA_Officiel.
📲Mobile money has mostly had a gender-equalizing effect.

Initiatives to expand financial inclusion should start by enabling digital payments. Read how via World Bank blogs.worldbank.org/allaboutfinanc…

A fantastic Federal Reserve report, which inspired my related research.
Importantly, World Bank Research World Bank Findex data shows that adults in the poorest 40% of households in the US have lower financial resilience than in other G7 countries ⬇️
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UPDATED ARTICLE: How digital payments can benefit entrepreneurs by Leora Klapper from World Bank wol.iza.org/articles/how-d… #digitalpayments #entrepreneurship

Digital financial services are one way to help families manage school fee payments so they can keep their children in school. To know more, click here: blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttal…

For a quick overview of the major advances in #financialinclusion over the past ten years, check out this blog and a recent webinar with #GlobalFindex founder Leora Klapper: bit.ly/findex-10-year…

Around 70% of women worldwide have a financial account as of 2021. That's progress! Learn more in our update to the SDG compendium. unsgsa.org/publications/i…

📢Just launched! The 2023 edition of Igniting SDG Progress Through Digital Financial Inclusion showcases fresh evidence that illustrates how responsible digital financial inclusion forms the foundation of inclusive growth. #DigitalFinanceSDGs ➡️bit.ly/3xb57U0

A pleasure visiting GSMA to discuss World Bank Findex data showing how mobile money accounts are being used in Sub-Saharan Africa to send and receive payments, but also to save and borrow World Bank Research

Enjoyed visiting The EBRD to discuss with Ralph De Haas and the research team opportunities to expand digital financial services and improve financial resilience in the region World Bank Findex World Bank Research

My sincere thanks to Joe Daly and the fabulous team Gallup for our collaboration over the past 10-years on World Bank Findex and for organizing an extraordinary panel discussion on how fintech can help reach the unbanked World Bank Research GSMA Mobile Money Better Than Cash Alliance

Join the launch of the Findex 2021 Bangladesh findings, hosted by BIGD in partnership with The World Bank!

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Register here to join via Zoom, and watch LIVE from the BIGD Facebook page:
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Great insights on differences in sources of financial resilience from Leora Klapper, during Innovations for Poverty Action seminar on World Bank Findex microdata