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La Inclusión en Tiempos de Covid-19 | Lanzamiento Del Informe
August 30, 2020
Liliana Rojas-Suarez joins a panel with the Inter-American Development bank to discuss financial inclusion in the time of COVID-19.
WORKING PAPERS
A Decision Tree for Digital Financial Inclusion Policymaking
Stijn Claessens
and
Liliana Rojas-Suarez
February 27, 2020
Blog Post
Unpacking the Gender Gaps in Financial Inclusion
Kyle Navis
January 28, 2020
Financial inclusion—an individual’s access to bank accounts or other financial products—has improved around much of the world, but significant gender gaps remain. How can we account for this gap? Do gender gaps in financial inclusion reflect differences in observable characteristic...
CGD NOTES
The Puzzle of Financial Inclusion in Mexico: A Closeable Gap?
Kyle Navis et al.
January 14, 2020
Financial inclusion is a fundamental pillar of development. But Mexico poses a conundrum. In many respects it has been successful at growing its economy and integrating with global markets. Yet among its peers in Latin America, Mexico is the worst-performing at financial inclusion relative to its in...
CGD NOTES
Latin America: A Sailboat in Stormy Waters
José de Gregorio et al.
December 20, 2019
Latin America’s economic growth has declined significantly in the last decade. Although a variety of causes can potentially explain this result, there are some structural weaknesses that distinguish Latin America from other regions in the developing world.
WORKING PAPERS
Identifying and Verifying Customers: When are KYC Requirements Likely to Become Constraints on Financial Inclusion?
Alan Gelb
and
Diego Castrillón
December 17, 2019
Onerous KYC documentation requirements are widely recognized as a potential constraint to full financial inclusion. However, it is sometimes difficult to judge the extent to which this constraint is a serious or binding one, relative to others. The paper considers this question, distinguishing betwe...
Blog Post
Where Policy and Research Meet: Takeaways from Workshops on CGD's New Policy Decision Tree for Financial Inclusion
Liliana Rojas-Suarez et al.
November 18, 2019
On October 10, CGD, in collaboration with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), held a workshop in Mexico City to discuss CGD’s innovative tool that serves to diagnose the crucial impediments to digital financial inclusion in specific country contexts. There, we shared a draft of CGD’s&nb...