2016 ANNUAL REPORT

PHOTO: SHARON FARMER
PHOTO: PAUL MORIGI
Gerard Robinson of AEI (LEFT) and DeRay McKesson of Black Lives Matter examine
the intersection of race and education in 2016
Journalist Cokie Roberts (LEFT) and Senior Fellow
Emeritus Stephen Hess discuss American political
dynasties
SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH ON
DIGITAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION
Senior Fellow Benjamin Wittes (LEFT)
welcomes Associate Supreme
Court Justice Stephen Breyer to a
conversation about his new book, The
Court and the World: American Law
and the New Global Realities
Fellow Molly E. Reynolds
shares her views on budget
priorities and process
PHOTO: PAUL MORIGI
PHOTO: PAUL MORIGI
New technologies hold tremendous promise
for increasing access to financial services
across a wide swath of underserved
people in developing countries. Making
that a reality requires a significant commitment
from national governments and
the private sector. With this in mind, the
Center for Technology Innovation launched
the Financial and Digital Inclusion Project
(FDIP), which is co-led by Vice President
and Director Darrell West and Nonresident
Senior Fellow John Villasenor. Thanks to a
generous three-year grant from the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation, scholars undertook
a large-scale study of 21 geographically and
economically diverse countries that had
recently made significant commitments
to financial inclusion. The 2015 FDIP Report
and Scorecard provided an empirical
measurement of each country’s progress
in 33 distinct areas. It was first in a series
of publications intended to provide
policymakers, the private sector, nongovernmental
organizations, and the
general public with information that can
help improve financial inclusion in these
countries and around the world.
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