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Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Vulnerability to Prosperity

A shared vision of inclusive prosperity — advanced through data-driven insights, thought leadership and strategic engagement.

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World Data Lab presenting at the ASEAN Inclusive Growth Summit
World Data Lab at the ASEAN Inclusive Growth Summit.

The partnership

Putting inclusive growth on the global agenda.

World Data Lab collaborates closely with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth to advance a shared vision of inclusive prosperity through data-driven insights, thought leadership, and strategic engagement.

Together, we position the Center at the forefront of global conversations on inclusive growth and financial health, showcasing insights at major convenings such as the ASEAN Summit and the Global Inclusive Growth Summit. With the Center, we engage in high-level thought leadership, including co-authored pieces in the Harvard Business Review and other global platforms.

Our collaboration also extends to data and strategic advisory, supporting the Center's internal discussions on the middle class and financial health, and strengthening its engagement with partners and policymakers worldwide.

Thought leadership

Highlights from our work together.

How Financial Inclusion and Health Can Move More People into the Middle Class

Harvard Business Review

How Financial Inclusion and Health Can Move More People into the Middle Class

One positive mega-trend that's too often missing from the discussion is the rapid, mass movement of people from a state of economic vulnerability into the global middle class.

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How Asia's emerging middle class is driving inclusive growth

Mastercard Newsroom

How Asia's emerging middle class is driving inclusive growth

A look at how the generational surge could transform financial inclusion and global economic growth.

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Where middle class growth and small business meet

GZERO podcast · Local to global

Where middle class growth and small business meet

Small businesses play a role in our everyday lives, but their influence and importance extend far beyond their communities. In this podcast series, "Local to global: The power of small business," from GZERO and Mastercard, we look at how new technologies can support the growth of small businesses and their impact on the global economy.

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World Data Lab ASEAN Insights

ASEAN Inclusive Growth Summit

World Data Lab ASEAN Insights

ASEAN is entering a new era of growth. By 2035, 450M people — over half the region's population — will be part of the middle class. This surge will reshape economies, fuel urban growth, and place cities like Jakarta and Manila among the world's largest middle-class hubs.

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ASEAN Insights: Middle Class Growth and Financial Health

Insights brief

ASEAN Insights: Middle Class Growth and Financial Health

ASEAN has 393 million middle-class consumers today and is projected to add another 117 million by 2036.

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Mexico Insights: Middle Class Growth and Financial Health

Insights brief

Mexico Insights: Middle Class Growth and Financial Health

Mexico is Latin America's second-largest middle-class market, with a clear gap between access and financial resilience.

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Middle Class Growth and Financial Health in ASEAN: A focus on Indonesia & Vietnam

Insights brief

Middle Class Growth and Financial Health in ASEAN: A focus on Indonesia & Vietnam

Indonesia and Vietnam show where ASEAN's next middle-class wave is growing, and where financial health still needs support.

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Data Talks podcast

Closing the Data Divide

This episode brings together Wolfgang Fengler, co-founder and CEO of World Data Lab, and Shamina Singh, founder and president of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, for a powerful conversation on inclusion, data, and the rapidly changing digital-to-AI economy.

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