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BEST BLOGS AND PUBLICATIONS OF 2021

Welcome back readers!

From innovative green solutions to groundbreaking achievements in youth
financial inclusion, we have spent the last year taking you on an incredible
journey that has celebrated how AFI members are harnessing the power of
financial inclusion to better the lives of the most vulnerable. Thank you for
sharing these remarkable achievements and experiences! Together, we are
enriching the knowledge and skills of our network towards reaching our united
vision of making financial services more accessible to the world’s unbanked.

We would not want you to miss any of this great work, so have put together a
list of our favorite and most impactful pieces for you to enjoy. Without further
ado, please enjoy the best of 2021.

 

Our top five knowledge products

      1. Guideline Note on Digital Financial Literacy

Consumers today must keep up with increasingly sophisticated and complex digital
banking products and services. Staving off a digital divide by investing in
digital financial literacy is paramount to ensuring that no one is left behind.
Read more.

     2. Guideline Note on Data Privacy for Digital Financial Services

Digital financial services are transforming markets and lives at lightning
speed. But with these changes come new challenges to consumer protection
privacy. Read more. 

 

     3. A Policy Framework for Women-led MSME Access to Finance

Women-led MSMEs are crucial for economic growth and job creation. To help them
reach their full market potential, AFI created six pillars that regulators can
use to support growth in the sector through better access to credit. Read more. 

 

      4. National Financial Inclusion Strategy Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit

How do we know if a national financial inclusion strategy is working? By
implementing a monitoring and evaluation framework, regulators can track
progress, achieve targets and shape a financial system built around the needs of
the population, particularly the unbanked and financially excluded. Read more. 

 

       5. Youth Financial Inclusion Policy Framework

It is often said that youth are a country’s greatest asset. Regulators can lay a
foundation that supports this crucial demographic and fosters future economic
growth by removing barriers and promoting youth financial inclusion. Read more. 

 

Our top five blogs

       1.Sustainable solutions way forward for Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)

Recognizing the Philippines’ extreme vulnerability to climate change, BSP
Governor Benjamin E. Diokno shares how the central bank is championing
sustainability in the financial system through environmentally responsible and
sustainable solutions. Read more. 

      2. Bringing the informal sector onboard

With over two billion people working in the informal economy globally, how best
to unlock their potential is one of the greatest challenges facing regulators
today. AFI’s vast network may hold the answer. Read more. 

      3. Financial literacy transforms refugee livelihoods

Refugees often have limited or no access to banks and other formal financial
services. Learn from Bank of Uganda on how we can empower this vulnerable group,
so that they move forward and live with dignity. Read more. 

      4. Women must be at the heart of public policy design

Ahead of International Women’s Day 2021, Superintendent Socorro Heysen Zegarra
at Peru’s Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP spoke about how women’s
financial inclusion is a key enabler in reducing poverty and improving
well-being. Read more. 

       5. COVID-19 brings opportunities for innovation in women’s financial
inclusion

Lesotho is one of the few countries in the world with a negative financial
inclusion gender gap with more women having bank accounts than men. Governor
Retšelisitsoe A. Matlanyane (PhD) from the Central Bank of Lesotho attributes
this to consistent efforts to remove legislation that limits women, not just in
the financial sector. Read more. 

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