Financial Sector

Digital Financial Services can bring inclusion and growth to Mali

Moussa bought his first SIM card in 2011 to keep in touch with his family Kati, a rural community in Mali. He had moved to Timbuktu, and the mobile phone was his only connection to home. Almost a…

Maimouna Gueye|
Digital Development, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Jobs & Development, Poverty

Fragmented markets and the proliferation of small firms: Evidence from mom-and-pop shops in Mexico

Small firms dominate the economies of developing countries. This phenomenon occurs in all sectors, but it is particularly salient in the retail sector.

Diana Sverdlin Lisker, Daniel Ramos-Menchelli|
Financial Sector

Charting the right course: How sovereign ESG indices can help navigate capital flows

As we strive to end poverty and maintain a livable planet, redirecting private financial flows is as critical as enhanced government action.

Fiona Stewart|
Climate Change, Financial Sector, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management

Build capacity to expand access for all to housing finance in West Africa

The West African Economic and Monetary Union community, which comprises Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo, is facing a deficit of decent housing of…

Mazen Bouri|
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Poverty, Regional Integration

The Big Tech Lending Model

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Lei Liu, Guangli Lu, Wei Xiong|
Financial Sector, Digital Development
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Financial Sector