Economic Prosperity
Solving for financial and economic opportunities for all
While the world is more connected than ever, many people are still locked out of opportunities. Our economic prosperity work focuses on closing opportunity gaps so everyone can benefit from the global economy—leveraging technology to increase access to jobs, capital, and key infrastructure.
We’re focused on advancing and scaling technology that connects people to financial services, generates wealth and stability, and enables safe and fair employment opportunities.
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The 2025 Global Economic Prosperity Challenge
The rapid development of technologies like AI offers new capabilities and creates new opportunities, yet significant global disparities persist: 2.6 billion people remain offline, 1.4 billion are unbanked and two billion work in informal economies. These challenges are particularly acute for vulnerable communities and women when digital access and verifiable identification are prerequisites for modern financial services. Financial providers often lack incentives to expand services to underserved markets, while factors such as limited technological literacy, institutional mistrust, and local cultural practices can impede the adoption of digital tools. Addressing economic opportunity gaps requires a coordinated approach to overcome barriers to digital access, financial services, and labor market participation.
The Global Economic Prosperity Challenge seeks solutions that use technology to build and sustain financial and economic opportunities and resilience for all.
Browse recent economic prosperity challenges
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Meet the economic prosperity innovators
Our economic prosperity Solver teams have impacted over 4.6 million people with connections to technology for economic growth.
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