The 2017 edition of CGAP’s annual Cross-Border Funder Survey reports funding commitments from the 23 largest international funders of financial inclusion, representing 80 percent of the full set of over 54 international funders and 73 percent of the global estimated funding commitments for financial inclusion in 2016.
Major project themes in 2016 included:
- 1,240 MSMEs
- 640 Agrifinance
- 223 Women's Economic Empowerment
- 181 Digital Finance
- 79 Youth Finance
The data also projects funding purpose in the next three years for capacity building - both providers and clients as well as loan portfolio funding.