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Transforming Lives with Financial Inclusion

05/13/2026

Building climate resilience for rural women isn't just the right thing to do — it's also good for business. 👩🏽‍🌾🌱

CGAP and 's initiative has identified 7️⃣ business drivers that simultaneously support rural women and strengthen commercial performance. From women's groups and digital tools to male allyship and access to productive assets, these drivers offer a practical roadmap for businesses and funders working in agricultural markets.

The best part? Businesses can pick and tailor the combination that works best for their context — there's no one-size-fits-all approach.

Read more in the poster below, and the report: https://cgap.pub/4opalDZ

05/12/2026

Despite rapid advances in capabilities, the underlying foundations have not kept pace.

CGAP found that AI adoption is fundamentally constrained by the strength, inclusiveness, and usability of underlying data – not as much by the sophistication of algorithms.

Institutions that invest in building richer, more representative, and better-governed data ecosystems will not only unlock AI’s potential but will also define what responsible and inclusive AI looks like in practice.

Learn more: https://cgap.pub/4tuWBKm

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05/11/2026

Over 70% of smallholder farmers' financing needs (around $230 billion) remain unmet. More wholesale capital is flowing into agricultural finance, but it isn't translating into better services on the ground. 🌱

The reason? Retail finance hasn't kept pace. The financial products and services that local institutions provide directly to farmers are often poorly structured for agricultural realities, and that limits uptake and impact.

CGAP's latest video explores this overlooked bottleneck and what it will take to address it. ⤵️

05/07/2026

Extreme weather. Economic shocks. Compounding crises. The people with the least are often hit the hardest, and left with the fewest tools to recover.

More than two-thirds of people in low-income countries who experienced a natural disaster or extreme weather event lost income or assets, and up to 4 billion people in emerging economies remain underinsured.

This isn't just a development issue. When vulnerable communities can't recover, the effects ripple outward, straining public finances and deepening social divides worldwide.

Resilience for all starts with giving people the financial tools they need to prepare, cope, and rebuild. That's what inclusive finance does.

Learn more about how CGAP is working to make resilience a reality for everyone: https://www.cgap.org/topics/building-resilience

05/06/2026

TV shows can do more than entertain—they can shift financial behaviors.

In , Maisha Makutano reaches 4.75 million weekly viewers with storylines on saving and budgeting. The results speak for themselves: 91% of viewers say the show improved their understanding of community issues, and 55% are now interested in joining a savings and credit cooperative.

This is edutainment in action—using relatable stories to make financial concepts accessible and actionable. When financial literacy is woven into narratives people already follow, real behavior change happens.

Watch our new video to see how. 👇

05/05/2026

How do you scale inclusive insurance without compromising customer value, when climate shocks increasingly threaten the health and livelihoods of low-income workers, insurers & distribution networks?

CGAP's latest case study looks at SEWA's heat insurance program in , which grew from 20,000 members in year one to more than 225,000 by year three.

What made this possible:
✅ Listening directly to women workers, to design a heat insurance product that reflects their real risks and delivers meaningful support when climate shocks hit.
✅ Using trust at the community level and the capacity to deliver broadly.
✅ Creating a Climate Welfare Facility that combines savings, loans, insurance, and early warning systems—and absorbs early losses—to keep coverage affordable, sustainable, and focused on reducing risk, not just compensating for it.

Read the full case study: https://cgap.pub/4cZ65bX

05/03/2026

Despite 15 years of progress, markets remain concentrated—too few providers, limited choice, high prices. Whose job is it to promote competition?

, & the UK show how regulators can advance competition through the choices they already make.

Read more in our blog: https://cgap.pub/4t83HEe

04/29/2026

As climate threats intensify, financial service providers that do nothing, or stay reactive, risk hurting their clients and their business.

But there is an alternative: Our latest Focus Note shows how FSP leaders can achieve a win-win through strategic risk assessments, a risk layering approach and iterative product design.

Find out how: https://cgap.pub/4t5FSgq

04/28/2026

Financial regulation might not be the first place you'd look to advance gender equality — but Ecuador's experience shows it can make a real difference. 🇪🇨

In six years, the country took five concrete steps to put women at the heart of its financial system, and made measurable progress in closing the gender credit gap. The approach is practical and replicable — which makes it worth paying attention to.

Watch our latest video to see how it was done, and what other countries can learn from Ecuador's journey. ⤵️

04/26/2026

Women perform the majority of agricultural labor in rural India, yet they remain largely excluded from formal financial systems because they lack traditional collateral.

Innovative agri-fintech models are now changing that by turning physical farm data—like soil health and crop cycles—into digital credit profiles. By using satellite imagery and AI-powered analytics, these platforms provide the data needed to secure loans and climate-smart advice.

This shift from land-ownership requirements to data-driven creditworthiness is a vital step toward financial equality and climate resilience for women smallholders.

Learn more in our latest blog: https://cgap.pub/4cNxfkE

04/22/2026

When crises strike, the most financially vulnerable are often the first to lose access to the funding they depend on.

But crisis response doesn't have to come at the cost of financial inclusion. With the right policy tools and intentional design, authorities can protect stability and inclusion at the same time.

Our video explores 3 key insights for financial safety net authorities looking to do better. 🎬 Watch it below 👇🏾

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