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Building Deep, Inclusive, Resilient
and Efficient Financial Systems
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The Finance for Development (F4D) Umbrella Program is the World Bank’s donor financing, partnership, and knowledge platform aimed to improve the capacity of low- and middle-income countries to develop deep, inclusive, efficient, and resilient financial systems.

Impact | Strengthening Albania’s Financial Resilience and Inclusion: All Hands On Deck to Maximize Impact

Impact | Strengthening Albania’s Financial Resilience and Inclusion: All Hands On Deck to Maximize Impact

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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Impact | Mexico: Advancing Women’s Financial Inclusion

Impact | Mexico: Advancing Women’s Financial Inclusion

F4D supported Mexico authorities in the development of the first guidelines for adoption of a gender perspective across financial institutions which promotes gender equality, enhances Mexico’s economic development, and can serve as a model for other countries and regions

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News | Gates Foundation Steps Up its Support for Financial Inclusion in Indonesia

News | Gates Foundation Steps Up its Support for Financial Inclusion in Indonesia

The Gates Foundation has made an additional contribution to the F4D Umbrella Program to support a comprehensive three-year program aimed to boost financial inclusion in Indonesia.

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News | Financial Sector Agenda Gains Momentum During the 2024 Annual Meetings

News | Financial Sector Agenda Gains Momentum During the 2024 Annual Meetings

F4D Umbrella Program hosted a roundtable with development partners to discuss key outcomes from Annual Meetings meetings and outline strategic priorities for the financial sector work at the World Bank

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F4D RESULTS | Donor’s Perspective

F4D RESULTS | Donor’s Perspective

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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Impact | F4D Advances Reforms to Support Digital Payments in Peru

Impact | F4D Advances Reforms to Support Digital Payments in Peru

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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News | How F4D’s Results Architecture Aligns with the World Bank Group Scorecard

News | How F4D’s Results Architecture Aligns with the World Bank Group Scorecard

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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Blog | A fast payments revolution in Latin America

Blog | A fast payments revolution in Latin America

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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F4D RESULTS | Video interview with Vahe Verdanyan

F4D RESULTS | Video interview with Vahe Verdanyan

An interview with Vahe Vardanyan, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, on the expected results of FinSAC (Financial Sector Advisory Center) in supporting Albania’s pathway towards financial stability and resilience.

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PUBLICATIONS | Distressed Asset Management & Divestment Practices by Deposit Guarantee Funds in Serbia and Ukraine

PUBLICATIONS | Distressed Asset Management & Divestment Practices by Deposit Guarantee Funds in Serbia and Ukraine

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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PUBLICATIONS | Boosting SME Finance for Growth: The Case for moreEffective Support Policies

PUBLICATIONS | Boosting SME Finance for Growth: The Case for moreEffective Support Policies

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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Blog | A Survey of the Global Payment Systems

Blog | A Survey of the Global Payment Systems

Payment systems are at the core of a country’s economic activity and its financial sector. Improvements in national payments systems (NPSs) lead to overall savings for the economy and strengthen securities management and transaction processing.

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About F4D

Finance for Development Partners

Our work is made possible through the generous contributions of development partners. Each one of our partners brings technical expertise, advocacy, and coordination efforts that help us deliver on the F4D’s ambition, together.

The F4D Umbrella Program is supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the European Commission (EC), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

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Federal Ministry Republic of Austria

The 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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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

We are a nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. We are focused on results. Those that can be measured. And those measured in ways beyond numbers.

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Global Affairs Canada

We define, shape and advance Canada’s interests and values in a complex global environment. We manage diplomatic relations, promote international trade and provide consular assistance. We lead international development, humanitarian, and peace and security assistance efforts. We also contribute to national security and the development of international law.

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European Union

The official website of the European Commission, providing access to information about its political priorities, policies and services.

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Swiss Confederation SECO

SECO 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.

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2023 F4D Annual Report

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2023 F4D Annual Report

We invite you to read F4D’s inaugural Annual Report. The interactive e-book highlights the key milestones and progress of the program in 2023. The report illustrates that, even in its first year, F4D already played a central role in financial sector reforms at the World Bank.

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