Report | Nov 19, 2013
This report summarizes GPFI activities throughout the end of 2012 and the eight months of 2013, presents the main achievements under the Russia’s Presidency and describes the outlook for the rest of 2013 and into the start of the Australian Presidency.
Report | Nov 19, 2013
This inception report covers initial work of the SME Finance Forum since its launch in April 2012, and interim progress of the Global SME Finance Innovation Trust Fund, whose administration was taken over by the SME Finance Forum team in July 2012.
Report | Nov 19, 2013
This Impact Assessment Framework discusses the importance of rigorous impact evaluation and provides an overview of the relevance, application, strengths, and limitations of impact evaluation techniques of various SME finance policies. The Framework covers experimental and non-experimental approaches that can be used to evaluate a broad context of SME policies and programs and provides examples of actual impact evaluations for each of the components of the SME Finance Policy Guide (GFPI 2011).
Report | Aug 6, 2014
IFC produced this report on behalf of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion. The report identifies innovations that can help bankers in developing countries to finance agricultural small and medium enterprises. The report highlights the most promising examples of innovative financing, risk mitigation and distribution models drawn from a stocktaking exercise of 100 global cases. This report primarily addresses private sector financial institutions in emerging markets and is designed to complement the November 2011 IFC report “Scaling Up Access to Finance for Agricultural SMEs – Policy Review and Recommendations,” which focused on the policy framework conducive to agricultural SME finance.
Report | Sep 1, 2016
This Issues Paper was prepared for the first annual GPFI Conference on Standard-Setting Bodies and Financial Inclusion hosted by the Financial Stability Institute at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel on October 29, 2012. It discusses how financial regulators can optimize linkages between four distinct policy objectives: financial inclusion (I), financial stability (S), financial integrity (I) and financial consumer protection (P) (or, collectively, “I-SIP”). To illustrate the linkages, the paper provides an overview of findings based on a recent study done by GPFI Implementing Partner the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) in South Africa. The goal of the research was to begin building better understanding and evidence of these linkages that can be used by
Report | Nov 19, 2013
This Issues Paper was prepared for the first annual GPFI Conference on Standard-Setting Bodies and Financial Inclusion hosted by the Financial Stability Institute at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel on October 29, 2012. It discusses the application of the proportionality principle – the balancing of risks and benefits against costs of regulation and supervision – in the context of implementing standards and guidance of the global standard-setting bodies (SSBs) and the challenges of applying the proportionality principle in practice by countries pursuing a financial inclusion agenda.It also discusses how proportionality is understood and interpreted by each of the five SSBs participating in the GPFI Conference: the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the Committee
Report | Nov 19, 2013
This Issues Paper was prepared for the first annual GPFI Conference on Standard-Setting Bodies and Financial Inclusion hosted by the Financial Stability Institute at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel on October 29, 2012. Both the ramifications of standard-setting bodies’ (SSBs) standards and guidance for financial inclusion and the ramifications of financial inclusion for the work of the SSBs are explored in this Issues Paper. It outlines the state of the current engagement and recent activities on issues of financial inclusion taken by five global standard-setting bodies: the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems, the Financial Action Task Force, the International Association of Deposit Insurers and the International
Report | Nov 19, 2013
The first GPFI Forum was held in Riviera Maya, Mexico, on October 1, 2011. The GPFI Forum brought together over 80 participants including senior representatives from G20 and non-G20 countries, key Implementing Partners of the GPFI, representatives of the private sector, and a wide range of organizations involved in promoting financial inclusion. The GPFI Forum was the first full gathering of the Partnership since its launch at the G20 Seoul Summit in November 2010, and was considered an opportunity to: achieve consensus on a vision for financial inclusion and the role of the GPFI in helping to fulfill it; showcase successful practices by countries already implementing financial inclusion strategies and announce commitments by those ready to follow suit; and identify practical, concrete
Report | Nov 19, 2013
This report was elaborated by the GPFI Co-Chairs and adopted by all members of the Partnership. It summarizes the efforts made in this first year of continuous work, presents the main achievements and describes the outlook for the second year of implementation of the work plan. References to all relevant documentation produced by the different workstreams are provided at the end of this report.
Report | Nov 19, 2013
Financial inclusion for poor households and microbusinesses may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems, the Financial Action Task Force, the International Association of Deposit Insurers, and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors. Yet these global standard-setting bodies (SSBs) have significant influence on how many get access to what range and quality of formal financial services and at what cost. While the roles of each differ, all five of these bodies are increasingly engaged on the subject. CGAP has released this white paper on behalf of the GPFI, which aims to raise awareness and frame issues to inform ongoing work by these five SSBs to integrate
