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Beyond Green Finance: Client-Centric Strategies for Climate Adaptation and Resilience
There has never been a better moment in history to identify climate adaptation solutions and make the much-needed transition towards regenerative economic systems. Here are five key steps for financial service providers.
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Beyond “The Poor”: Using Empowering Narratives to Advance the Impacts of Aid
Three reasons why the development community should lead the shift away from using language that emphasizes people’s deficits, and model how we can do better.
Growing Climate Risk in Africa: How Can Financial Inclusion Help?
Advans Ghana shares three steps FSPs should take to support the small businesses and farmers who are increasingly impacted by extreme climate events.
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This paper combines insights from a review of relevant literature with insights from focus group discussions and individual interviews of those most impacted by climate shocks and stresses.
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Open Finance Self-Assessment Tool and Development Roadmap
This technical guide introduces the open finance self-assessment tool and development roadmap. It provides practical tools for policymakers to use to decide whether to implement an open finance regime to advance financial inclusion.
Understanding Users’ Experience With Digital Lending Applications in India
This slide deck shares the results of a survey conducted by MSC and FACE to analyze user knowledge and behavior regarding digital lending applications (DLAs) and digital loans.
2022 Trends in International Funding for Financial Inclusion
The 2022 CGAP Funder Survey looks at the latest trends in international funding for financial inclusion. Understanding the funding landscape can support better funding decisions and coordination, and ultimately lead to better outcomes for underserved people worldwide.
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FinDev Webinars enable financial inclusion practitioners to share lessons and attend online presentations and discussions delivered by the world’s leading financial inclusion experts.
Hope and Big Dreams: Meet the Authors of Two Books on Bangladesh Microfinance Pioneers
In this webinar, we heard from the authors of two books who took us through the journey of microfinance and the story of BRAC and Grameen Bank, two innovative institutions that contributed to Bangladesh’s development and the spread of microfinance globally.
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