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Improving livelihoods through economic and financial inclusion is a key component of achieving protection and long-term solutions for the refugee situation. Economic inclusion contributes to the self-reliance and resilience of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons, empowering them to meet their needs in a safe, sustainable and dignified manner,…

To mark World Refugee Day on 20 June, AFI members shed light on their efforts in innovating responsibility sharing, partnerships, and policy actions to advance the financial inclusion of FDPs.  These proactive policy approaches being implemented by emerging economy financial regulators show what is possible even within the context of compliance with global standards and other constraints such as an underdeveloped financial infrastructure. …

Last year on World Refugee Day, we highlighted that an important aspect of forced displacement is the challenge of providing fast, efficient, and sustainable delivery of financial services and products to Forcibly Displaced Persons (FDPs) who include refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and asylum seekers. One year later, this still holds true as the scale…

To mark AFI's 10-year celebration, we sat down with Executive Director, Dr. Alfred Hannig for a walk down memory lane to reflect on AFI's early years and its decade of impact on financial inclusion.

Over 10 years ago, a team gathered for a retreat in Seattle, United States to map out a single shared dream on a drawing board. The Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) had humble…

AFI welcomed Central Bank of The Gambia (CBG) into its network in December 2017. We had the pleasure of meeting the First Deputy Governor Dr. Seeku Jaabi, who oversees financial sector stability in the country, during the two-day training on challenges and risks that come with large-scale changes in…

During a one-week High-Level Joint Learning Programme, co-hosted by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and AFI in Kuala Lumpur last month, we sat down with Elsie Addo Awadzi, Deputy Governor of Bank of Ghana (BoG) to gain her perspective on financial inclusion and the pillars of sustainable SME finance.

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Today we celebrate the Arab Day of Financial Inclusion!

Adopted by Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) and the Council of Arab Central Banks on 27 April 2016, the overall purpose of Arab Day of Financial Inclusion Day to advocate financial inclusion, and its role in driving the development of policies, strategies and programs to promote access to financial services, and improve financial…

In Bangladesh, climate change affects many sectors, including water resources, agriculture and food security, ecosystems and biodiversity, and human health and coastal zones. It is estimated that rising sea levels alone will displace 18 million Bangladeshis within the next 40 years; also predicted that climate change could have a…