CGAP

10/07/2026

What if financial service providers could use the data they already have to make credit more precise, not just in predicting who will repay a loan, but who is most likely to benefit from one?

In this Behind the Research video, CGAP's Jessica Meckler shares what motivated the team to explore Precision Causal Modeling (PCM) with five financial institutions and what they learned.

Advances in data science and machine learning are expanding the analytical toolkit available to financial service providers. Through this work, CGAP piloted a methodology using machine learning not traditionally applied in financial inclusion to examine how existing customer data might help providers better understand differences in the impact of credit.

For providers, investors, and funders, these advances create new opportunities to move from broad credit decisions toward more precise ones, identifying more clearly when, where, and for whom credit can create value.

Watch this video below, and learn more in the full technical guide: https://cgap.pub/4hMj41N

We know a lot about the impact of financial services at the global ...

10/06/2026

What comes after financial access?

As global stakeholders head to Bangkok for , offers an early answer—and 7 policy considerations for countries navigating the shift from access to meaningful financial outcomes.

Read CGAP's latest case study: https://cgap.pub/3TMmTMn

10/05/2026

Insurance is often designed around what providers assume informal workers need—not the reality of their lives.

Teams in & spoke w/ domestic workers, taxi drivers, & shopkeepers. What they heard challenged their assumptions.

Read more: https://cgap.pub/3U3Qj8M

09/30/2026

When disaster strikes, the difference between a shock and a crisis is preparedness.

As El Niño-driven droughts and intensifying hurricane seasons push millions into crisis, one question is reshaping disaster finance: what if communities built financial resilience before the storm hits?

In this episode of Inclusive Finance Frontiers, we explore two pioneering models—from Barbados and the Horn of Africa—proving that preparation can mean the difference between a shock and a crisis.

Listen to the full episode: https://cgap.pub/4hkRedZ

09/29/2026

Aggregate data can hide how customer groups access, use, and benefit from financial services.

Our new guide helps authorities improve customer visibility, identify risks, and act + the accompanying CGAP LENS turns the framework into practice with 230+ indicators.

More: https://cgap.pub/4rF6wO8

09/28/2026

Mobilizing more adaptation finance is only part of the challenge. The harder question is how do we ensure it reaches frontline communities?

CGAP and The Adaptation Fund answer five frequently asked questions about financing locally led adaptation and explain how inclusive finance could help channel more climate finance to the people who need it most.

Watch: https://youtu.be/1p4Ggh8uiYA

As global temperatures rise and climate-related shocks and stresses...

09/24/2026

What if one of the biggest risks to carbon project integrity isn't technical—but social?

Women are often overlooked despite playing a critical role in delivering mitigation outcomes. CGAP's Max Mattern explains why at .

Read more: https://cgap.pub/4pjraC9

09/23/2026

What does it take to move from access to outcomes?

Over 3 years, our Financial Inclusion 2.0 initiative built evidence, tools & practical guidance to answer that question.

Explore the collection: https://cgap.pub/4rroZh6

09/22/2026

For carbon project developers, buyers, and funders: inclusive finance is an untapped tool.

New testimonials from Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) & Value Network Ventures (VNV) pioneering carbon project in show why it must be built in from the start.

Read the story here: https://cgap.pub/4ycRxxs

09/21/2026

Despite years of research, big questions remain about how microfinance impacts borrowers across different contexts. To help answer them, CGAP introduced the CHIPS Data Set (Credit’s Heterogeneous Impact Pathways Study) along with Innovations for Poverty Action and Northwestern University's Global Poverty Research Lab (GPRL).

By combining and re-analyzing randomized control trial data, CHIPS allows researchers and decision-makers to:
➡ Look beyond average impacts to see who benefits most (and who doesn’t)
➡ Explore the underlying mechanisms and pathways driving financial
➡ Inform smarter, more targeted financial inclusion strategies

This is a major resource for evidence-based decision-making in financial inclusion, development economics, or impact investing.

Read the blog: https://cgap.pub/4h0Upav