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The BWTP blog features interviews and posts from financial inclusion practitioners throughout Asia. This space shares lessons learned, new ideas and upcoming research from the field.

2021 APFIF Policy Dialogue: Emerging Priorities in the COVID-19 Era

Stephen Taylor

Aug 24, 2021
1 min

2021 APFIF Policy Dialogue: Emerging Priorities in the COVID-19 Era

The importance of achieving financial inclusion has gained greater attention recently due to the economic impact of the pandemic and the...

Stephen Taylor

Aug 3, 2021
1 min

Small but mighty

In her final essay, Greta Bull reflects on several lessons learned in the course of her time as CGAP’s CEO: Beware of hype Serving the...

Md Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, microfinance pioneer

Stephen Taylor

Mar 1, 2021
1 min

Md Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, microfinance pioneer

Sadly, we learned of Md Shafiqual Haque Choudhury's passing, another of the world's leaders and innovators in microfinance. Shafiqual...

Enabling Financial Inclusion through E-commerce

Stephen Taylor

Nov 26, 2020
4 min

Enabling Financial Inclusion through E-commerce

Recommendations for Policymakers and Regulators

Making Digital Financial Services to Work for the Base of the Economy

Stephen Taylor

Nov 12, 2020
3 min

Making Digital Financial Services to Work for the Base of the Economy

Recommendations for Policymakers and Regulators

Role of Microfinance in Enhancing Opportunity and Resilience in Response to Covid-19

Shawn Hunter

Oct 29, 2020
3 min

Role of Microfinance in Enhancing Opportunity and Resilience in Response to Covid-19

Recommendations for Policymakers and Regulators

FDC Convenes Policy Dialogue on Progressing Financial Inclusion in an Age of Disruption

Stephen Taylor

Sep 22, 2020
2 min

FDC Convenes Policy Dialogue on Progressing Financial Inclusion in an Age of Disruption

On 9 September 2020, FDC, in partnership with the Asian Development Bank Institute and the Bank of Papua New Guinea, hosted the 10th...

Stephen Taylor

Jun 4, 2020
5 min

Necessity - the mother of intervention

Government responses to stem COVID-19’s consequences have been slow to reach those at the base of the economy. COVID-19 is impacting...

Stephen Taylor

May 21, 2020
1 min

2019 Inclusive Finance India Report

In 2019 BWTP supported the 16th annual Inclusive Finance India Summit which took place in New Delhi from 4-5 December. The Summit...

What does the future hold for microfinance post-COVID-19?

Stephen Taylor

May 17, 2020
3 min

What does the future hold for microfinance post-COVID-19?

Six esteemed analysts* draw on an extensive survey of microfinance enterprises, loan officers, regulators and microfinance institutions...

Viji Das - inspirational microfinance industry leader and advocate of the poor.

Stephen Taylor

Feb 16, 2020
1 min

Viji Das - inspirational microfinance industry leader and advocate of the poor.

Sadly, we learned of the passing of Vijayalaskhmi Das earlier this week. Viji was an accomplished microfinance operator in India, a...

Driving Impact in the Inclusive Finance Ecosystem: Recommendations for Policy Makers and Regulators

Stephen Taylor

Dec 16, 2019
1 min

Driving Impact in the Inclusive Finance Ecosystem: Recommendations for Policy Makers and Regulators

The rise of digital technologies in recent years has had a significant impact on financial inclusion. The changes technology introduces...

BWTP Supports the Inclusive Finance India Summit

Stephen Taylor

Nov 20, 2019
1 min

BWTP Supports the Inclusive Finance India Summit

The 16th annual Inclusive Finance India Summit is occurring on the 4th and 5th of December in New Delhi. Hosted by Access and Access...

APFIF Explores Designing an Inclusive-Finance System for the Region's Underserved

Stephen Taylor

Sep 23, 2019
1 min

APFIF Explores Designing an Inclusive-Finance System for the Region's Underserved

The 2019 Asia Pacific Financial Inclusion Forum (APFIF), a policy initiative of the APEC Finance Ministers’ Process, convened in Tokyo,...

The Inclusion Imperative II: Creating a Transitional Inclusive-Finance System

Michelle Curry

Jun 27, 2019
4 min

The Inclusion Imperative II: Creating a Transitional Inclusive-Finance System

The 2018 Asia-Pacific Inclusion Forum (APFIF) the Inclusion Imperative I: A Call to Action, convened by FDC in partnership with the Asian...

FDC Releases Policy Recommendations to Support Inclusive Growth and Development

Stephen Taylor

May 14, 2019
2 min

FDC Releases Policy Recommendations to Support Inclusive Growth and Development

Rising levels of inequality across the Asia-Pacific are having an adverse impact on the region’s poor and disadvantaged while also...

NEWS & UPDATES

2021 APFIF Policy Dialogue: Emerging Priorities in the COVID-19 Era

Small but mighty

Md Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, microfinance pioneer

Enabling Financial Inclusion through E-commerce

Making Digital Financial Services to Work for the Base of the Economy

Role of Microfinance in Enhancing Opportunity and Resilience in Response to Covid-19

FDC Convenes Policy Dialogue on Progressing Financial Inclusion in an Age of Disruption

Necessity - the mother of intervention

2019 Inclusive Finance India Report

What does the future hold for microfinance post-COVID-19?

Viji Das - inspirational microfinance industry leader and advocate of the poor.

Driving Impact in the Inclusive Finance Ecosystem: Recommendations for Policy Makers and Regulators

BWTP Supports the Inclusive Finance India Summit

APFIF Explores Designing an Inclusive-Finance System for the Region's Underserved

The Inclusion Imperative II: Creating a Transitional Inclusive-Finance System

FDC Releases Policy Recommendations to Support Inclusive Growth and Development

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