Spotlight on International Funders’ Commitments to Financial Inclusion

Lahaye, Estelle ; Dashi, Edlira ; Dolke, Eda ; Soursourian, Matthew

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: GROWTH RATES;    DEBT FINANCING;    EQUITY;    GRANT;    FINANCIAL SERVICES;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Although international funders have beenlongstanding supporters of financial inclusion, theircommitments have been put to the test in the past fiveyears. The financial crisis led to a more challengingeconomic environment and budget cuts at public donoragencies. Results of impact studies made the expectations ofmicrofinance more realistic. Yet, international fundingcontinues to grow. In 2013, international funders committedat least 31 billion dollars to support financial inclusion -an estimated increase of 7 percent on average per yearbetween 2011 and 2013. This brief analyzes trends in theinternational funding landscape based on consultative groupto assist the poor (CGAP) research.