2026 Global Inclusive Growth Forum
Scaling impact together
Hosted by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, the Forum will convene senior leaders from the public sector, civil society, and multilateral institutions alongside the Washington, D.C. IMF & World Bank Spring Meetings. It will serve as a focused, action-oriented dialogue on how inclusive digital economies can drive resilience, opportunity, and sustainable growth. This year's high-level program will focus on three interconnected themes, including small business growth and resilience, financial health, and digital transformation. The Forum will take place on April 15th, 2026 from 2:00-6:00 PM ET.
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Our impact agenda
This year's program will explore how global development, digital transformation, and evolving consumer behavior are reshaping inclusive growth. Discussions will highlight the critical role of SMEs as drivers of innovation and resilience, the opportunities and challenges of AI and digital finance in advancing financial health, and the ways technology is transforming how people and businesses engage, transact, and scale.
Financial health
Small business growth and resilience
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The Global Inclusive Growth Forum aims to inspire and innovate. Hosted by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and its partners around the world, the Forum advances real solutions to today’s most pressing challenges through collaboration and candid conversation among entrepreneurs, innovators, policymakers and emerging changemakers.
The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth advances equitable and sustainable economic growth and financial inclusion around the world. The Center leverages the company’s core assets and competencies, including data insights, expertise and technology, while administering the philanthropic Mastercard Impact Fund, to produce independent research, scale global programs and empower a community of thinkers, leaders and doers on the front lines of inclusive growth.
Devex is the world’s leading independent news organization covering global development. Devex journalists deliver insider reporting from front lines of the fight to achieve the SDGs – driving the most important debates, providing the most critical analysis, and backing it all up with the events, career information, and funding opportunities professionals require. To keep up to date with the must-read global development coverage, join their global community.
