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Library     Jobs     Training & Events      Announcements     Countries     Topics   EXCHANGE Your global resource on financial inclusion |26 April 2018 Sign up for our bulletins with unique regional content in:  English Spanish  French Arabic Dear Naveen Chand Kanyamarala, The long-awaited Global Findex 2017 data is out! We invite you to explore the new data through an interactive Gateway quiz we have put together for you. Also, remember Nepal's devastating Gorkha Earthquake of 2015? A blog post by Mercy Corps highlights new findings about the role of financial services in helping families rebuild their lives.  You may also like to know what Grameen Foundation is learning about risks  associated with bringing savings groups into digital finance and how to address them. Enjoy the new content and don't forget to sign up for Gateway's upcoming webinar featuring new data tools that help develop financial solutions for smallholder families.  Sincerely, Microfinance Gateway Team EDITOR'S PICK The Global Findex Database 2017: Measuring Financial Inclusion and the Fintech Revolution World Bank, Apr 2018 Find out what how much progress we've made towards financial inclusion. The new edition of the Global Findex database adds data on the use of financial technology, including mobile phones and the internet to conduct financial transactions, and is based on over 150,000 interviews around the world.                         Read More > GATEWAY QUIZ What's New in Financial Inclusion: 2017 Global Findex Data Explore the latest trends with fresh data from "The Global Findex Database 2017: Measuring Financial Inclusion and the Fintech Revolution."   Take the Quiz GATEWAY BLOG Three Years Later: Financial Services Spur Recovery Following Nepal's Gorkha Earthquake Mercy Corps study finds that access to formal savings and loans played a critical role in coping with the disaster and allowing families to rebuild.                         Read More > Being Smart About Mobile Money: Leveraging Client Protection Principles For Savings Groups   A case study with two financial service providers in Burkina Faso explores seven risks involved in bringing savings groups into digital finance.                         Read More > UPCOMING WEBINAR Illuminated by Data: New Tools to Develop Financial Solutions for Smallholder Families   8 May, 2018, 9:00 am EDT   Join this webinar to learn about new tools from CGAP, MIX, One Acre Fund, and i2i shedding light on smallholder families, by putting demand- and supply-side data at your fingertips.                          Read More > LATEST FROM THE LIBRARY What Matters for Households' Recovery Trajectories Following the Gorkha Earthquake Mercy Corps, Apr 2018 | Analyzing the importance of formal lending in long-term disaster recovery Building the Business Case for Housing Microfinance: Sub-Saharan Africa Habitat for Humanity International, Mastercard Foundation, Mar 2018 | Six-year study with 47,000 households demonstrating the win-win model of housing microfinance Can Big Data Shape Financial Services in East Africa? Partnership for Finance in a Digital Africa, Mar 2018 | Summary of 30 leading organizations' view and usage of big data and analytics in digital finance Small and Growing Businesses in Africa: Profiles, Successes and Challenges ADA, Mar 2018 | Learning from successful MSME owners' journeys in Ethiopia, Kenya and Madagascar View all Library resources > EVENTS The Role of Trust in Increasing Women's Access to Finance Through Digital Technology Women's Financial Inclusion Community of Practice | 30 Apr 2018 | Online ILO Entrepreneurship Trainers Academy International Training Centre of the ILO| 02 May - 08 Jun 2018 | Online and Turin, Italy 4th Edition of the Rural and Agricultural Finance Program Boulder Institute of Microfinance | 16 - 27 Jul 2018 | Utrecht, Netherlands View all Events > ANNOUNCEMENTS Microsoft and BBVA Microfinance Foundation Unite to Develop Initiatives that Promote Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Vulnerable Communities BBVA Microfinance Foundation) | 24 Apr 2018 Apply for European Microfinance Award 2018: Financial Inclusion Through Technology European Microfinance Platform (E-MFP) | 23 Apr 2018 View all Announcements > JOBS Senior Investment Officer - CEE/CCA/MEP BlueOrchard | Tbilisi, Georgia Deadline: 15 May 2018 Technical Specialist, Ultra-Poor Graduation BRAC USA | New York, NY - United States Deadline: 16 May 2018 View all Jobs > MICROFINANCE GATEWAY 1825 I St NW, Washington, DC 20006 ©CGAP 2017 All Rights Reserved

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