Links to interesting reads!
- Bangladesh: Call for MFIs to be allowed to offer insurance
- Allowing MFIs to offer microinsurance was a point discussed at a recent microinsurance seminar in Bangladesh. MFIs have already been offering health and other MI with the support of development partners.
- 2015 Global Microscope on Financial Inclusion
- Published by The Economist Intelligence Unit to analyze the inclusiveness of countries' financial sectors.
- The mobile banking customer that isn't: drivers of digital financial services inactivity in Côte d’Ivoire
- "50 percent of the total number of registered DFS clients are inactive" in Côte d’Ivoire. This report investigates the causes of inactivity and how they can be addressed. This is undoubtedly an important topic if financial inclusion is to be advanced via DFS.
- Aging and Financial Inclusion: An Opportunity
- With a rapidly aging global population, this report brings attention to older people as an important market segment for policymakers and financial service providers.