NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Yasmin Bin-Humam is a financial sector specialist on CGAP’s Strategy, Research & Development Team focusing on gender issues. She facilitates a community of practice on women’s financial inclusion. Before joining CGAP, she developed indicators measuring women’s equality under the law for the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law project and contributed to publications on matters of legal barriers to women’s economic empowerment. Her previous research includes the historical evolution of labor and family law reform in countries around the world, and she has compiled legislation on banking, NBFI and consumer protection regulations. Her prior work experience spans the public, private and non-governmental sectors. She earned JD and MSFS degrees from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard.