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Realizing the Potential of Blockchain

WEF report sets out multi-stakeholder approach to the stewardship of blockchain and cryptocurrencies

World Economic Forum survey of blockchain governance challenges and multi-stakeholder cooperation opportunities. Discusses: i) global governance networks; ii) differences between internet of information and blockchain; iii) most urgent threats; and iv) the need for a proper legal structure, regulatory restraint, diversity of viewpoints and scientific research in tandem with business development.

Publisher: Others Release date: Jun 2017

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Operational risk, Financial market infrastructure

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Pensions, Securities

Gender Matters in Economic Empowerment Interventions: A Research Review

Analysis of evaluation evidence on women's financial services and training interventions

Center for Global Development report sets out recent evaluation evidence on financial services and training interventions designed to increase the productivity and income of the poor. Includes subset of evaluations where women constitute half or more of those in the sample. Shows that gender matters in determining economic outcomes and that it should be much more carefully and intentionally incorporated into research designs.

Publisher: Others Release date: May 2017

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Gender equality, Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance

Opportunities and Challenges for Mobile Financial Services

CFI report on mobile financial services

Center for Financial Inclusion report on current and evolving technologies in mobile financial services (MFS) systems: mobile data "bearer" technologies, access platforms and user devices. Addresses issues related to relevant policies, pricing of bearer services, network access coverage, cost of devices, evolution of consumer-facing technology designs, security challenges, type and quality of devices being used, and the usability of various access devices.

Publisher: Others Release date: Apr 2017

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance

Integrating Women's Financial Inclusion into National Strategies

AFI guideline on integrating women's financial inclusion into national financial inclusion strategies

Alliance for Financial Inclusion guideline highlights current practices and provides guidance on gender and integrating women's financial inclusion considerations into national financial strategies. Identifies a range of barriers to women's financial inclusion: i) demand side constraints; ii) supply side constraints; iii) regulatory and infrastructure barriers; and iv) societal barriers.

Publisher: Others Release date: Feb 2017

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion, Gender equality, Consumer education and protection

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance

The Regulator's Perspective on the Right Timing for Inducing Interoperability

ITU's report presents results of a survey of focus group members

International Telecommunications Union report sets out insights of regulators from focus groups on interoperability. Some similarities across the surveyed countries can be observed: i) financial and telecommunications regulators need to define their roles and responsibilities among each other before addressing digital financial services interoperability; ii) current state of interoperability in different countries varies substantially; iii) positive outcomes are reported, or at least expected, across countries, suggesting that current policies might persist for the time being; and iv) authorities seem to be conscious of the fact that any intervention needs to be considered carefully and take place only when no market-driven solution is leading to interoperable services.

Publisher: Others Release date: Feb 2017

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion, Financial market infrastructure

Sectors: Banking, Microfinance

Crowdfunding in East Africa

FSD Africa report highlights key priority regulatory and policy issues for crowdfunding market development

Financial Sector Deepening Africa report assesses existing and evolving regulatory and policy landscape for crowdfunding in East Africa. Highlights key priority regulatory and policy areas that are essential for market development in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania, drawing on experiences from the UK, USA, Malaysia, New Zealand and India. Key findings: i) non-financial return-based crowdfunding models dominate market activity in East Africa, while financial return-based loan and equity models are in early stages; and ii) debt- and equity-based models dominate total global activity, accounting for most market activity in established markets, while donation and rewards account for a small percentage of total market activity.

Publisher: Others Release date: Jan 2017 Country: Kenya

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Consumer education and protection, Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking

Ending the Gender Digital Divide in Myanmar

IREX political economy assessment of Myanmar's gender digital divide

IREX analysis of Myanmar's gender divide examines who is exclude and how, with recommendations to narrow the divide.

Publisher: Others Release date: Jan 2017 Country: Myanmar

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Gender equality, Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking, Microfinance

Women in the Boardroom: A Global Perspective

Deloitte report outlines efforts in over 60 countries to increase the number of women on boards of directors

Deloitte report measures efforts to increase board diversity and progress that has been made to date.

Publisher: Others Release date: Jan 2017

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Gender equality, Corporate governance

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Pensions, Securities

Resilient Markets: Strengthening Women's Economic Empowerment and Market Systems in Fragile Settings

CARE paper on fostering economic empowerment for women and resilience of market systems

CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere) paper sets out its views on fostering economic empowerment for women and the resilience of market systems in fragile contexts. Identifies intervention areas that show promise, and makes recommendations for a range of actors active in and working on markets before, during and after crisis.

Publisher: Others Release date: Dec 2016

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Gender equality, Financial inclusion, Consumer education and protection

Sectors: Microfinance, Microinsurance

Guidance to Supervisors on Setting Standards for Sales Incentives and Responsible Lending

FinCoNet guidance on the role incentives play in the sale of consumer credit products

International Financial Consumer Protection Organization guidance covers: i) appropriate oversight; ii) cross-selling; iii) consumer-focused culture; iv) general duties and specific responsibilities; v) oversight of different sales channel; vi) firms' product oversight and governance; vii) monitoring; viii) disclosure; and ix) promotional incentives to consumers. Also provides list of necessary pre-conditions of the overarching regulatory framework, if supervisory initiatives are to be effective in the field of sales incentives and responsible lending.

Publisher: Others Release date: Dec 2016

Type: Guideline

Peer: Impact of Sales Incentives on the Sale of Consumer Credit Products , Report on Responsible Lending

Topics: Conduct, Consumer education and protection, Corporate governance, Transparency and disclosure

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Pensions, Securities

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Realizing the Potential of Blockchain

Gender Matters in Economic Empowerment Interventions: A Research Review

Opportunities and Challenges for Mobile Financial Services

Integrating Women's Financial Inclusion into National Strategies

The Regulator's Perspective on the Right Timing for Inducing Interoperability

Crowdfunding in East Africa

Ending the Gender Digital Divide in Myanmar

Women in the Boardroom: A Global Perspective

Resilient Markets: Strengthening Women's Economic Empowerment and Market Systems in Fragile Settings

Guidance to Supervisors on Setting Standards for Sales Incentives and Responsible Lending

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