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Financial inclusion is the availability and equality of opportunities to access financial services. [1] It refers to processes by which individuals and businesses can access appropriate, affordable, and timely financial products and services—which include banking, loan, equity, and insurance products.
The Maya Declaration is a global initiative for responsible and sustainable financial inclusion issued by the Alliance for Financial Inclusion that aims to reduce poverty and ensure financial stability for the benefit of all. It is the first global and measurable set of financial inclusion commitments by developing and emerging economies.
The Centre's faculty regularly publishes their research in academic journals, books and the Centre's own research paper series. [8] The research output includes the influential Too Much Finance paper, the research for which was done at the Centre for Finance and Development. The Centre regularly hosts conferences and public lectures.
Research was conducted after Zambia reopened an old debate on a lending rate ceiling for banks and other financial institutions. The issue originally came to the fore during the financial liberalisations of the 1990s and again as microfinance increased in prominence with the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank in 2006.
Financial Inclusion Data (FID) [19] Builds knowledge and good practices on areas related to financial inclusion measurements, such as indicators, methodologies, global standards and principles. Financial Inclusion Strategy (FIS) [20] Promotes the development, implementation, and monitory and evaluation of national financial inclusion strategies.
Financial deepening is a term used by economists to refer to increasing provision of financial services. It can refer both a wider choice of services and better access for different socioeconomic groups. [1] Financial deepening can have an effect on both individuals' and societies' economic situations.
The Bank is active in promoting financial inclusion policy and is a leading member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion. It is also one of the original 17 regulatory institutions to make specific national commitments to financial inclusion under the Maya Declaration [4] during the 2011 Global Policy Forum held in Mexico.
Women's World Banking was born out of an idea conceived during the first United Nations World Conference on Women, held in Mexico City in 1975 to coincide with the International Women's Year and to mark the start of the "UN Decade for Women" (1976–1985).