New IMF Database on Financial Access Indicators
7/6/10
I am encouraged by the IMF launch last week of a new online database of financial access indicators.
Tag: Financial Access
Policy Principles for Financial Access: The G-20 and the Center for Global Development
6/29/10
I heartily applaud the release of the G-20 Principles for Innovative Financial Inclusion (click and scroll down to see them). At a time of increased focus on financial sector regulation to reduce risk, it is crucial that we not lose sight of the fact that increasing access to appropriate financial services remains essential to reducing poverty and achieving sustained growth.
How the G-8 and G-20 Fared on Development: Liliana Rojas-Suarez & Sarah Jane Staats
6/28/10
Leaders of the world’s largest and richest countries met over the weekend in Ontario, Canada. What did they accomplish? This week on the Wonkcast, I’m joined by two guests: CGD senior fellow Liliana Rojas-Suarez and director of policy outreach Sarah Jane Staats.
CGD Task Force Supports IMF Financial Access Initiative
10/5/09
On Monday, October 5, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, an international development advocate and the UN Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, launched the IMF’s new Access to Finance Project a
Just in Time: New CGD Task Force Report on Principles for Expanding Financial Access
9/30/09
Recent developments have brought to the front the importance and relevance of the Center’s extensive work on improving access to financial services in developing countries, where a very large proportion of households and firms lack such access. First, in the Pittsburgh Summit Communiqué, the G-20 pledged to: