Client: Multilateral Investment Fund, Inter-American Development Bank, Andean Development Corporation
Duration: 2010-2012
Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Country: Regional
Solutions: Economic Growth Digital Acceleration
The Tec-In project worked to identify and develop innovations in the use of information and communications technology (ICT) to expand access to financial services throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
In 2010, DAI was hired to work with a selection committee to choose the top 19 of 420 submissions from around Latin America and the Caribbean for further analysis. DAI worked with the program’s donors to filter for the top ideas, which DAI then supported in developing project strategies and business planning for financing. Projects were chosen from Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.
Many of the selected proposals were collaborations between ICT firms, mobile network operators, or payment network providers, in partnership with financial services providers. Among those selected were projects that, among other objectives, promote savings through the use of mobile phones and nonbank agents and test such channels for government conditional cash transfer programs designed to reduce poverty.
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