Blended Finance: Implications for Supervisors

TC Note provides overview of blended finance for EMDC supervisors

Toronto Centre Note provides an overview of blended finance debates, considerations, and issues of interest for emerging markets and developing countries (EMDC) financial supervisors. It examines the constraints on the growth of blended finance in EMDCs, including possible regulatory barriers, and it explores the role that supervisors can play in supporting the expansion of blended finance while maintaining the soundness of the financial sector. 

Publisher: Toronto Centre     Release date: Jan 2021    

Type: TC Notes

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Pensions, Securities

How Supervisors Can Start the Conversation About Climate Risk

TC CoP podcast on climate risk

Toronto Centre podcast from its' Community of Practice on climate risk.

Publisher: Toronto Centre     Release date: Jan 2021    

Type: TC Videos

Topics: Climate change

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Pensions, Securities

Supervising the New Normal: Long-Term Implications of the Pandemic for Supervisory Judgement

TC podcast discusses the long-term implications for supervisors of the COVID-19 pandemic

Toronto Centre podcast discusses the long-term implications for supervisors of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Publisher: Toronto Centre     Release date: Jan 2021    

Type: TC Videos

Topics: COVID-19

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Pensions, Securities

The People Side of Financial Supervision

TC podcast discusses challenges of developing and retaining talent

Toronto Centre podcast focuses on the challenges of developing and retaining talent. The speakers explore: i) the apprenticeship model of training financial supervisors; and ii) ways to preserve institutional memory in financial supervisory agencies. 

Publisher: Toronto Centre     Release date: Jan 2021    

Type: TC Videos

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Pensions, Securities

A Research and Learning Agenda for the Impact of Financial Inclusion

CGAP research paper discusses proposed learning agenda

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor research paper proposes a learning agenda to support financial inclusion by asking the following questions: i) financial inclusion for what; ii) what should we invest in; iii) what are the most promising welfare-enhancing solutions; iv ) which ones should we experiment with; and v) how do we achieve the nuance required to guide financial inclusion policy decisions that enable financial services to add value to poor people's lives?

Publisher: International Organizations     Release date: Dec 2020    

Type: Consultative, discussion and issues paper

Topics: Financial inclusion

Sectors: Banking, Insurance, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Pensions, Securities