We release wave 1 data for our multi-country Covid-19 Livelihoods Impact Survey.

No country or continent is untouched by COVID-19; but developing markets will see more short- and long-term negative social and economic effects than the developed world.

Read our report and insights on the financial needs of Mexicans, a pilot study in collaboration with the Mexican regulator, CNBV.

Read our summary report of the findings from the Financial Needs pilots, in partnership with AFI members from Mexico, Nigeria, Kenya, Philippines and Zimbabwe.

Using SMS surveys to measure digital financial inclusion

A measurement framework for digital financial services with a focus on digital payments.

A cautionary tale about the process of setting up pilot studies

We recently rolled out a pilot study in Nigeria, to explore the digital financial services landscape and how it serves the people. Learn more about our findings here.

See what the i2i needs measurement framework reveals about consumer behaviour in Zimbabwe.

Exploring how financial service providers collect, store and use data in six countries.

Survey findings from six African countries

I bought myself a fitness band recently and I’ve found it quite useful in encouraging me to get off the couch.

The widespread use of the mobile phone and other smart devices has presented researchers with a golden platform to collect data in more innovative and creative ways.

Discussing some innovative quantitative methods that could be used when conducting financial inclusion research.

Innovative research techniques help us to delve deeper into the dynamics of financial inclusion.

To hold the first Financial Inclusion Data Analysis Boot Camp in Uganda

Getting the basics of demand-side surveys right

This report provides an overview of innovations and best practice in data collection

Why the problem with demand-side surveys is not the respondents’ answers, but the questions we ask them

Revisiting the role of technology in demand-side surveys in lower tech and lower literacy environments