Report | Nov 19, 2013
The G20 Principles for Innovative Financial Inclusion consist of nine core principles for promoting financial inclusion, based on experience and best practice, which form the basis of the G20’s Financial Inclusion Action Plan. A new Bringing the Principles to Life report, published by the Alliance for Financial Inclusion in its capacity as Implementing Partner of the GPFI, describes how 11 countries on five continents have successfully applied the principles, and the lessons they have learned in doing so.
Report | Sep 1, 2016
To inform future strategies for increasing financial inclusion based on country experiences the G20’s Financial Inclusion Experts Group drafted a set of 9 “Principles for Innovative Financial Inclusion” in 2010 . These Principles were endorsed by the G20 at the Toronto Summit in May 2010, and underpinned the establishment of the GPFI by G20 Leaders at the Seoul Summit in November 2010 to take forward its commitments on financial inclusion with broad stakeholder participation. These Principles spell out what the G20 believes is the condensation of good practice in financial inclusion. They break up the complex notion of financial inclusion into distinct aspects so that governments, banks and other stakeholders may grasp more easily the range of entry points for policy. The document
Report | Nov 19, 2014
The G20 Principles for Innovative Financial Inclusion were developed in 2010 by the Access Through Innovation Subgroup (ATISG) of the G20 Financial Inclusion Experts Group (FIEG). Tasked with raising awareness and collecting further examples of the Principles in action, the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) has reprinted the G20 Principles in this executive brief, along with some examples of how developing country policymakers are bringing these Principles to life. The Principles were originally published in the Subgroup’s official report to the G20 and endorsed at the Toronto Summit in May 2010, and underpin the Financial Inclusion Action Plan endorsed at the Korea Summit in November 2010. The year-long FIEG process resulted in the establishment of the Global Partnership for
Report | Nov 19, 2013
The Stocktaking Report aims to provide the G20 Leaders with a summarized but comprehensive framework by which to understand the SME finance gap and its challenges. The first part of the report is conceptual and primarily consists of a review of the literature on SME Finance in the developing world; the second part of the report discusses the analysis of 164 cases of SME Finance interventions compiled through a collective effort involving G20 member countries, non-member countries, development finance institutions, and private sector players. Finally, the report highlights key recommendations that are proposed to the G20 Leaders in order to achieve significant and sustainable scale-up of SME access to financial services across the developing world.
Report | Nov 19, 2013
The report highlights key trends, challenges, and opportunities for accelerating progress in financial inclusion and proposes major high-level poliy recommendations for consideration by G20 policy makers to benefit a wider range of developing countries, including non-G20 member countries. It takes a closer look at microfinance industry to analyze successes, innovations and lessons learned, which are critical for broader discussion on financial inclusion.
