MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) Seeks Responses to “Global Pulse Survey on Responsible Digital Finance” by August 8, 2014

CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), a US-based, nonprofit policy and research center that aims to facilitate the expansion of financial access, has launched its “Global Pulse Survey on Responsible Digital Finance”[1].The “brief and confidential”[1] survey seeks input from practitioners working in the public, private and nonprofit sectors with the intent of gathering information that will aid in understanding the “state of practice and perspectives”[1] on digital finance that is deemed “responsible” for example due to measures taken to ensure the privacy of customer data.

The results of the survey also are intended to help CGAP identify risks associated with the digital delivery of financial services and understand how such risks have been addressed by practitioners.

The results of the survey will be presented in CGAP publications as well as at future events, including the Responsible Finance Forum, which was last held in Berlin, Germany in 2013, and meetings of the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI), which last convened in Hobart, Australia in May 2014.

The survey may be completed until August 8, 2014 at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ResponsibleDigitalFinance.

By Alíz Crowley, Research Associate

About CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor)

CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) is a US-based nonprofit policy and research center dedicated to increasing financial access to poor people worldwide. It is supported by approximately 40 development agencies and private foundations in its mission to provide market intelligence, promote standards and offer advisory services to governments, microfinance providers, donors and investors. CGAP reported operating expenses of USD 9 million as of 2013. CGAP is co-located with the offices of the World Bank Group in Washington DC.

About Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI)

Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) is a group intended to carry forward work on financial inclusion, including implementation of the Financial Inclusion Action Plan endorsed at the G20 Summit in South Korea in 2010. GPFI implementing partners include Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank. The G20 is a group of large economies including the EU and 19 countries.

Sources and Additional Resources

[1] CGAP News: CGAP Launches Global Pulse Survey on Responsible Digital Finance

MicroCapital, November 29, 2011, “Too Much Microcredit? A Survey of the Evidence on Over-Indebtedness;” by Jessica Schicks, Richard Rosenberg; Published by CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor)

MicroCapital, September 7, 2011, Association of Karnataka Microfinance Institutions Releases Client Survey Data from “Competition and the Role of External Agents: The 2009 Delinquency Crisis in Southern Karnataka” by CGAP, EDA Rural Systems

MicroCapital, August 19, 2011, Discovering Limits: Global Microfinance Valuation Survey 2011; By Frederic de Mariz, Xavier Reille, Daniel Rozas; Published by JP Morgan, CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor)

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