Developed by the EIU (The Economist Intelligence Unit) in collaboration with the Multilateral Investment Fund (a member of the Inter-American Development Bank Group) and CAF (the development bank of Latin America), and with additional support from the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion and MetLife Foundation, the Microscope scores countries as a way of benchmarking their progress toward a financially inclusive environment for the bottom of the pyramid.
The 2015 Global Microscope examines the inclusiveness of countries’ financial sectors by considering best practices in the national regulatory environment and services to low income populations across 12 indicators and 55 countries.
The report shows that Latin America (with Peru, Colombia as top 1 and 2, followed by the Philippines, top 3 ) remains at the forefront of the international rankings, thanks to strategies that have a comprehensive approach that includes multiple services and multiple providers and that are taking serious steps to revamp their payment systems.
