Innovative financial inclusion policies create an enabling environment for the development of appropriate financial products that expand the reach of quality financial services to the poor.

This report presents the policy and regulatory changes that members of the AFI network developed and effected in 2017. These reforms were put in place in 2017 but are the results of preparatory work going back many years. While these policy reforms are often led by the main financial policymaker or regulator in AFI member countries, a variety of stakeholders, both national and international, in the public and private sector contribute to the process.

These policy reforms were primarily collected via a survey sent to all AFI members in January 2018. Additional information was collected through reported Maya Declaration progress reports, Working Group Meeting minutes, Grant Reports from AFI members and information provided by members in the online AFI Member Zone Platform.