Dorothe Singer

#GlobalFindex 2021 finds 76% of adults globally, and 71% in developing countries, have an account at a bank or #mobilemoney provider—the highest ever recorded. Find out more: wrld.bg/a3f850JKrsv

⏳Happening Today: Join this high-level discussion with policymakers on how #FinancialInclusion can help foster a resilient and inclusive development paradigm. June 29, 9:00 AM ET @WorldBankLive #Financialnclusion #GlobalFindex wrld.bg/l1qy50JIIFU

Out now: what we know about competition and firm recovery post-COVID-19 in Europe and Central Asia (so far)

Why do digital wage payments matter? Here's an example: "In Liberia, teachers travel up to 10 hours each way to collect their earnings in cash—a trip that often requires missing work and spending as much as 15 percent of their wage along the way." wrld.bg/XSla50y3dMn

Our full paper on agricultural risk management is available here:

In 2017, we added a new module on agricultural risk management to the Global Findex questionnaire in select economies. Read about our three key findings here: bit.ly/2GjZU1D

A lot of people are specifically interested in our data on mobile money and digital financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa. So we did a bunch of policy notes along those lines: wrld.bg/JT2450vod6b

See how the @gatesfoundation visualizes @GlobalFindex data to spotlight the gender gap in digital and finanical inclusion and how cultural and market barriers lead to women being excluded from mobile banking, e-commerce and smartphone technology. @guardian bit.ly/2JEwvC0

#GenderEquality is smart economics. See the latest report by @gatesfoundation on Women’s Digital #FinancialInclusion in Africa gates.ly/2SeyY8S #G7Finance twitter.com/gatesfoundatio…

Happy Friday to everyone and especially the Financial Times, which put our data on the front page this week. globalfindex.worldbank.org

When @GlobalFindex data informs Facebook's ambitions

Are digital payments finally catching on in India? In 2017, only 1/3 of account owners in India reported making a digital payment in the past year -- compared to more than 2/3 of account owners in developing economies overall economist.com/finance-and-ec…

Thank you @ademirguckunt for your years of service to the Global Findex, and congratulations on your new job! We'll miss you.

What are you doing Wednesday morning at 9:45 New York Time? You should watch @KGeorgieva talk to @susanchira about women's financial inclusion at @CFR_org. The livestream will be available here: ow.ly/PG4t30mUl2Q

Congratulations, @LeoraKlapper!

The 2017 Global Findex microdata is now available. Download it here: ow.ly/Qpon30msUsB See our announcement for more information: ow.ly/lABz30msUqI Thank you for your patience, and happy researching!

Save the date for our Policy Research Talk by Martin Kanz on Household Debt Relief, this coming Monday bit.ly/2COAVnB

Global Findex microdata coming out soon. Stay tuned! @GlobalFindex #FinancialInclusion

Kicking off #FinclusionWeek tonight with an event jointly organised with @BNPParibas 'The State of #FinancialInclusion: The Global Findex Nine Years on' - looking forward to deliving into key Findex figures bit.ly/2qenbdv @CGAP @GlobalFindex @UNIGEnews @claudiaberry1