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Enhancing Financial Inclusion and Inclusive Green Finance Through Proportionate Sustainable Finance Standards

As global sustainable finance standards evolve, developing and emerging economies face the challenge of aligning with international expectations without undermining financial inclusion or inclusive green finance (IGF). AFI’s 2025 guideline note offers practical, proportionate pathways for policymakers and regulators to adopt these standards with phased implementation, simplified requirements, and targeted incentives. The guidance helps authorities balance sustainability goals with inclusion objectives so that vulnerable groups and small economic actors are not unintentionally excluded from financial systems while advancing climate‑related and SDG goals.

• Resource type Technical Note
• OrganisationAlliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)
• Year of Publication2025
• RegionGlobal
• LanguageEnglish
• Keywords Green finance, Finacial Inclusion