Case study of the pilot project “COOPADEPE’s inclusive rural financing” carried out by the Cooperative of Services Association for the Development of the Espaillat Province, Inc. COOP-ADEPE (COOPADEPE), an institution affiliated to the Dominican Network of Microfinance Institutions REDOMIF, within the framework of the regional project program of the Central American and Caribbean Network of Microfinance (REDCAMIF) and ADA Luxembourg, aiming at the promotion of financial inclusion by means of innovation in the financial product implementation.

Case study of the pilot project “Credit for women linked to green energies” carried out by the Foundation for the Economic Development of Nueva Segovia, FUNDENUSE S.A., an institution affiliated to the Nicaraguan Network of microfinance institutions ASOMIF, within the framework of the regional project program of the Central American and Caribbean Network of Microfinance (REDCAMIF) and ADA Luxembourg, aiming at the promotion of financial inclusion by means of innovation in the financial product implementation.

Financial support from the JP Morgan Chase Foundation enabled the European Microfinance Network (EMN) and Appui au Développement Autonome (ADA) to lead a joint research project to help improve the financial health of micro-entrepreneurs. The purpose of the research was to: (1) understand the financial health issues faced by micro-entrepreneurs, particularly those supported by organisations providing either technical assistance/business development services, referred to as non-financial service providers-NFSP) or (micro)finance services, called financial service providers (FSP), and (2) develop an operational guide for the staff of FSPs and NFSPs in assessing the financial health of micro-entrepreneurs and supporting micro-entrepreneurs in dealing with financial issues that affect both the financial performance of their enterprises and personal well-being.

The full potential of FinTech for financial inclusion may be realized with a strategic framework of underlying infrastructure and an enabling policy and regulatory environment to support digital financial transformation.

The Universal Standards can be overwhelming and may leave you asking: how do I put these standards into practice? The Universal Standards for Social Performance Management Implementation Guide (“the Guide”) responds to this question.

In 2018, ADA and Cerise joined forces to carry out a global study of this database in order to establish a general review of the social performance management of financial service providers throughout the world since the launch of the SPI4 tool.

Finance has been transformed by digitalization and datafication over the past five decades. The latest wave of technology in finance (Fintech) is re-shaping the sector at an unprecedented pace. This digital financial transformation brings about structural changes, with positive and negative effects, likely even more in the high-potential markets of the Middle East and North Africa.

We argue that sustainable balanced development is preconditioned on financial inclusion, and that FinTech is the key driver for financial inclusion. In turn, the full potential of FinTech to support the Sustainable Development Goals will only be realized with a progressive approach to developing infrastructure to support digital financial transformation.

Over the past decade a long-term process of digitization of finance has increasingly combined with datafication and new technologies including cloud computing, blockchain, big data and artificial intelligence in a new era of FinTech (“financial technology”).

ADA, Inpulse and the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation have joined forces to hear from their MFI partners and to better understand the impact of the covid-19 crisis from the perspective of financial service providers.

FDC’s latest report, The Inclusion Imperative: A Call to Action, explores priority issues, key trends and proposes specific recommendations to assist policy makers and regulators in creating more inclusive economies and societies across the Asia-Pacific region.

In 2012, the Social Performance Task Force published the Universal Standards of Social Performance Management, on the basis of a consultation process which brought together several hundred representatives from the inclusive finance sector.

Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) is recovering from the most severe growth slowdown in two decades. Yet, the recovery is expected to remain uneven across countries, and while the region’s growth in per capita gross domestic product (GDP) has been positive since 2017, it will remain insufficient to significantly reduce poverty.

Between 2018 and 2021, REDCAMIF published a series of studies on microfinance in Central America and the Caribbean to highlight the advances and challenges of the inclusive finance sector in the region.

The spirit of innovation that prevailed 25 years ago when ADA was conceived is more present than ever!