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Agence Française de Développement Joins Finance for Development Trust Fund to Support Financial Inclusion
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As part of F4D’s comprehensive multi-year program in Uzbekistan, funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the World Bank has been working closely with the Central Bank of Uzbekistan (CBU) to strengthen the country’s financial consumer protection regime.
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Access to alternative financing sources is particularly critical in turbulent times, when bank credit might tighten, leaving SMEs exposed to shocks.
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Retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and fast payment systems (FPS) share a number of similarities. Both allow for instant transactions for end users, can rely on underlying infrastructures operated by the central bank and can allow for an important role for private payment service providers (PSPs) to offer their services to end users.
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As a small, open economy, Albania is highly exposed to external shocks, such as a recession in the European Union (EU) or further tightening of financing conditions in international capital markets.
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Mexico has made substantial progress in gender equality, yet remaining finance gaps for women and women-owned businesses are limiting the country's private sector growth and economic development.
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An interview with Franziska Spoerri, Head of Macroeconomic Support Division, The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) on F4D’s strengths and what success of the program would look like.
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The revolution in fast payments is sweeping across nearly all of Latin America. The number of fast payments per capita in Peru has grown rapidly, from close to zero in 2019 to more than 3 per month.
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The World Bank Group is doubling down on impact transforming the way teams design and implement programs, generate and share knowledge, and measure results.
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The revolution in fast payments is sweeping across nearly all of Latin America, with huge implications for the affordability, convenience, and customer-centric design of digital financial services.
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TThis paper supported by F4D discusses the key features of client countries’ financial systems, takes stock of thereforms undertaken during the last decade, while alsoidentifying and explaining individual and systemic banking crises in the broader ECA region.
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This comprehensive guide supported by F4D offers strategic and actionable insights for policymakers to enhance access to finance for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). It outlines seven strategic recommendations designed to reach underserved sectors and unlock private capital.
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The F4D Umbrella Program is supported by the Agence Française de Développement(AFD), the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF), the Gates Foundation (GF), the European Commission (EC), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group funds, supports and accelerates the transition to a fairer and more sustainable world.
https://www.afd.frThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government ministry of Austria responsible for diplomatic missions and immigration, the administration of foreign policy, and the maintenance of the country's relations with international organisations, especially the European Union.
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commission.europa.euSECO is the federal government's centre of expertise for all core issues relating to economic policy. Its aim is to ensure sustainable economic growth by putting in place the necessary regulatory and economic policy conditions.
seco.admin.chWe invite you to read the F4D’s 2024 Annual Report. The interactive e-book showcases how the program is driving transformational change on the ground and leveraging financing for greater impact.
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