Report | Jan 22, 2016
Agricultural finance is crucial to support the growth of the agricultural sector. This is essential for food security, job creation, and overall economic growth. This synthesis report, endorsed by G20 Leaders in November 2015 in Antalya, presents a summary of research studies on five key areas of agricultural finance innovation prepared under the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) and the presentations and discussions of these during the “G20 Roundtable on Innovations in Agricultural Finance” convened on September 9, 2015 in Antalya, Turkey by the SME Finance Subgroup. After a brief background for setting the scene, the five key research areas presented in the synthesis are: a) Understanding Demand of Smallholder Households, b) Digital Financial Services, c) Financing
Report | Nov 19, 2015
G20 Leaders agreed in 2014 on the clear need to enable more women to participate in the global economy. Specifically, the 2014 G20 Leaders’ Communique established the goal of “reducing the gap in participation rates between men and women in our countries by 25 percent by 2025, taking into account national circumstances, to bring more than 100 million women into the labor force, significantly increasing global growth and reducing poverty and inequality.”Digital financial services are instrumental to achieving this goal, because they increase women’s financial autonomy, support women’s participation in the labor force, and improve the performance of their businesses. Digital financial services also advance the third G20 Principle for Innovative Financial Inclusion, which advocates the use of
Report | Nov 28, 2016
The GPFI Private Sector Engagement Strategy aims to advance and showcase the right type of dialogue at the global level. The Strategy seeks to maximize the positive contribution of the private sector to advance financial inclusion.This document is included in the annex of the G20 Leaders' Communiqué, endorsed by G20 Leaders after meeting in Antalya, Turkey on 15-16 November 2015.
Report | Nov 19, 2015
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role for employment, job creation, investment, innovation and economic growth around the world. They account for about 90% of businesses and more than 50% of employment worldwide, and are therefore crucial for the recovery of the world’s economy. Considering this important role, it is critical to ensure that viable SMEs around the world have access to the credit they need to expand.This G20 Action Plan on SME Financing, endorsed by the G20 Leaders in November 2015 in Antalya, outlines actions on financial market infrastructure reform in G20 countries and on a continued knowledge agenda.
Report | Nov 28, 2016
The Leaders of the G20 agreed to the attached G20 Leaders' Communiqué after meeting in Antalya, Turkey on 15-16 November 2015. In the document, Leaders welcome the continued work on financial inclusion of the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI).
Report | Oct 15, 2015
The main target audience of this evaluation report on the G20 SME Finance Challenge is the G20 countries, donors interested in SME finance and the institutions engaged in the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI). The report seeks to help make informed decisions about whether and how similar challenge programs should be created and executed in the future.
Report | Nov 28, 2016
This is the 2015 Work Plan for the GPFI Market and Payment Systems Subgroup. The overall goal of the Subgroup is to advance utilization of payment systems, including remittances, in the pursuit of increased and sustainable financial inclusion.
Report | Nov 28, 2016
The Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion 2015 Work Plan presents the key outcomes for the GPFI during 2015. It includes a timeline of GPFI events as well. The GPFI organizes its work through four Subgroups. You can find their individual Work Plans below:Regulation and Standard Setting Bodies (SSBs) SubgroupSME Finance SubgroupFinancial Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy SubgroupMarket and Payment Systems Subgroup
Report | Oct 8, 2017
This is the 2015 Work Plan for the GPFI Financial Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy Subgroup. The Subgroup takes forward G20 Leaders commitments on financial literacy and financial consumer protection. It supports and complements work of the existing Subgroups on activities specifically related to consumer protection and financial literacy in their work programs. It also takes steps to reinforce integration of perspectives and experience from developing countries into global discussions and guidance on financial consumer protection and financial literacy.
Report | Oct 8, 2017
This is the 2015 Work Plan for the GPFI SME Finance Subgroup. The Subgroup focuses on identifying, scaling up, and improving the policy environment for successful models of SME financing, funding the winners of the SME Finance Challenge and launching an SME Finance Forum, a platform for knowledge sharing and dissemination of best practices. The Subgroup devotes special attention to three focal areas: improving SME access to finance in the poorest countries, improving access to finance for agricultural SMEs, and promoting access to finance for women entrepreneurs.
