Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
Financial inclusion is a thematic priority of the current and new ‘Botschaft’. Despite much pro-gress achieved, CGAP’s and SPTF’s missions are far from completion. Access of low-income people to insurance and long-term savings services require frontier markets to develop.
There is also a long way until the Universal Standards for Social Performance Management (USSPM) are put into practice by financial institutions serving low-income people. They are essential to ensure that low-income people improve their livelihood as a result of using financial services.
Paese/Regione | Tema | Periodo | Budget |
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Mondo |
Impiego & sviluppo economico
Financial policy
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01.06.2015
- 30.06.2019 |
CHF 1’860’000
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- CGAP: Microfinance institutions, governments and regulators, donors / funders
- SPTF: microfinance institutions and networks, investors, donors/funders, support organisations
- Ultimate target group: low-income people, smallholder farmers, and small enterprises
- Global financial inclusion further expanded.
- Social mission of global microfinance industry reinforced ensuring that low-income people benefit from the use of financial services.
- SDC’s - and whole donor community’s - FSD effectiveness and coordination enhanced.
- Continued global knowledge management via websites, publications, conferences, advocacy.
- Advocacy of, and support in implementing the USSPM as a self-regulatory approach by the microfinance institutions and their investors.
- Microfinance consensus guidelines updated.
- CGAP has developed a proven track record in promoting ‘best practice’, norms and standard setting, and being the global policy think tank on financial inclusion for all main funders.
- The Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) is the global platform of the microfinance industry with a proven record in promoting to put the USSPM into practice since 2012 and coordina-ting the main social performance initiatives.
- Other international or foreign NGO North
- Connecting SDC FSD projects/components (> CHF 100 m portfolio) with ‘good practices’ & standards of the global knowledge platforms.
- Synergies with SCBF, SDC’s PPDP with Swiss financial sector in promoting financial inclusion
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Settore in base alle categorie del Comitato di Aiuto allo sviluppo (DAC) dell'OCSE ATTIVITÀ BANCARIE E SERVIZI FINANZIARI
Sotto-Settore in base alle categorie del Comitato di Aiuto allo sviluppo (DAC) dell'OCSE Politica finanziaria e gestione amministrativa
Tipo di aiuto Contributo generale
Contributo al progetto e al programma
Numero del progetto 7F03813
Contesto |
Inclusive financial systems help low-income households smoothen cash-flows, building assets, and coping with vulnerability. Empirical evidence exists that financial inclusion contri-butes not only to the first Millennium Develop-ment Goal of income generation, but also to health, education and gender equality. Insur-ance of smallholder farmers against adverse weather events contributes to increased farm productivity, food security, and social protection. Despite much progress achieved and USD 31 billion funders’ financial inclusion commitments in 2013, 2 billion adults still lack a bank account. |
Obiettivi |
Build efficient inclusive financial markets that serve all the unbanked, incl. the very poor, with innovative, convenient and affordable financial services (savings, credit /leasing, payments/ money transfer, insurance) offered responsibly. The microfinance providers and their investors are encouraged and supported in applying the USSPM so as to serve the well-being and needs of clients (notably low-income clients) at the centre of their strategy and operations. |
Gruppi target |
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Effetti a medio termine |
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Risultati |
Risultati principali attesi: Risultati fasi precedenti: |
Direzione/Ufficio responsabile |
DSC |
Credito |
Cooperazione allo sviluppo |
Partner del progetto |
Partner contrattuale ONG internazionale o straniera Altri partner 32 CGAP members 2’600 plus SPTF members, incl. Swiss social investors like Blue Orchard, Bamboo Finance |
Coordinamento con altri progetti e attori |
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Budget | Fase in corso Budget Svizzera CHF 1’860’000 Budget svizzero attualmente già speso CHF 1’858’115 |
Fasi del progetto |
Fase 7 01.06.2015 - 30.06.2019 (Completed) Fase 6 01.12.2011 - 31.12.2016 (Completed) |