FGVcemif
Center for Studies in Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
The Center for Studies in Microfinance and Financial Inclusion promotes the analysis and proposal of institutional changes in the microfinance sector.
Sobre
The Getulio Vargas Foundation's Center for Studies in Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (FGVcemif) was created in 2007 and brings together researchers from FGV and various other institutions, including international partners.
Main research topics:
- Financial inclusion
- Microfinance
- Public policies and new technologies for inclusion
- Social currencies
- Indebtedness and over-indebtedness
Partners and collaborators:
Missão
Promover reflexão, análise, formulação de estratégias e proposição de mudanças institucionais no setor de Microfinanças, tendo a inclusão social e o desenvolvimento local como eixos norteadores.
Visão
Ser referência nacional em estudos sobre Microfinanças e Inclusão Financeira e ser reconhecido como um centro de excelência na formulação e realização de pesquisas, estratégias e ações relacionadas à Microfinanças, promovendo inclusão financeira e desenvolvimento local.
Projetos
Em andamento
Equitable socio-technical reconfiguration in socio-environmental fintechs
Socio-environmental fintechsThe research aims to understand the dynamics of action of socio-environmental fintechs to promote the transformation of the status quo regarding the causes and/or social…
Em andamento
Solidarity Cryptocurrency Pilot Project
The Solidarity Cryptocurrency Pilot Project, part of the Crypto Assets for Development (CA4D) project, aims to develop and test a pilot blockchain architecture to facilitate the operation of social…
Em andamento
Black Fintechs Matter
Pathways to financial inclusion in the digital ecosystemBlack Fintechs Matter: Paths to financial inclusion in the digital ecosystemFaced with the persistent financial exclusion of the black…
Em andamento
Special Purpose Money
Complementary digital currencies and the Sustainable Development GoalsSpecial-purpose currencies: Complementary digital currencies and the Sustainable Development GoalsOur conventional monetary…
Em andamento
Financial Fragility in the Elderly
Study of the Determinants of Financial Fragility in the ElderlyStudy of the Determinants of Financial Fragility in Older PeopleFamily indebtedness has been a concern in several countries on all…
Em andamento
Green Microfinance
Due to their low adaptive capacity, the millions of microfinance clients around the world are the most vulnerable to climate change. Adapting previous analyses conducted in Nepal and Bangladesh by…
Em andamento
Microcredit technologies and the Minha Casa Minha Vida program
Given the nature and objectives of the Minha Casa Minha Vida Program, an attempt is made to identify potential improvements based on the credit innovations discussed in the microfinance literature.…
Em andamento
Crypto Assets for Development (CA4D)
With the emergence of cryptocurrencies, the idea of dealing with alternative (and complementary) currencies alongside fiat currencies becomes less exotic and not restricted to the world of developed…
Em andamento
Social Currency Repository
This project involves mapping social currencies that circulate (or used to circulate) in Brazil and, in a second stage, in Latin America. It also involves building and maintaining a database to store…
Em andamento
Social Fintech
This research seeks, in addition to deepening the definition of Social Fintech, to analyze the rapid expansion of these organizations and the promise of the social impact they can generate,…Parceiros e Colaboradores
