Dr. Robin Gravesteijn

Geneva, Switzerland

Robin leads the Systems and Research team on digital finance and inclusive economies at UNCDF, focusing on the global effort around migration and remittances. Robin has more than 17 years of experience in development finance, managing social performance assessment and monitoring systems at the impact investment fund Oikocredit, and providing technical support and impact evaluation to financial service providers in Central Asia while at the International Labour Office.

Robin holds a doctorate in Social and Policy Sciences from the University of Bath (UK), and two MAs in International Development Studies and Economics, respectively, from Utrecht University (the Netherlands).

Resources by Dr. Robin

Flagship Reports

Bridging the Digital Divide: Gender Insights on Remittance Access, Usage, and Financial Health

This gender synthesis report investigates migrant and family experiences with international remittance services, emphasizing digital channels and their impact on underserved populations, particularly women, across Africa and Asia. The findings…

Articles and Case Studies

Key Drivers to the Access of Digital Remittances: A Case Study of TerraPay Remittance Flows to Sub-Saharan Africa

UNCDF partnered with TerraPay, a global cross-border payment network, to study the growth of digital remittance channels in Sub-Saharan Africa in the IGAD, ECCAS, and ECOWAS regions. This article presents…

Articles and Case Studies

Uncovering Customer Needs to Improve Remittance Access, Usage and Financial Resilience in Bangladesh: Insights from BRAC Bank

Drawing upon UNCDF’s first article on BRAC Bank where research insights were drawn from the analysis of 4.2 million transaction records over the last 5 years, this second article links…

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