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What Happened When We Trained 70,000 Women on Financial Literacy
Early results from a BRAC International pilot show how financial literacy training can enhance the impact of financial inclusion.
By Raiya Kishwar Ashraf, Tahjib Shamsuddin, BRAC International
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Banking in the Comfort Zone
By providing a familiar environment for small transactions, agency banking can foster good financial habits.
By Scott Graham, Muyumbana Sililo, Anahit Tevosyan, FINCA International
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How to Design Client-Centric Financial Solutions for Women Smallholders
BRAC International Microfinance shares five lessons from their experience designing and testing tailor-made agri-credit solutions in Rwanda, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
By Sadiaa Haque, Tahjib Shamsuddin, BRAC International Microfinance
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A Win for Women in Rwanda
Mobile money – and concerted efforts by government and mobile money operators to promote it - has helped reduce the financial inclusion gender gap. But more needs to be done.
By Christine Hougaard, Fiacre N. Mushimire, Cenfri
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Sharing the Risk: “Micro Equity” for Savings Groups
DreamStart Labs is re-thinking assumptions about how to design solutions for people in emerging economies, starting with a new product which aims to distribute risks more fairly.
By Philip Acton, DreamStart Labs
FinDev Blog
What Do Microfinance Clients Need to Adapt to Climate Change?
In the first post of the FinDev Blog Series on Climate Change and Financial Inclusion, we explore insights from Rwandan smallholder farmers on building climate resilience through microfinance.
By Emanuella Christensen, Olga Biosca, Michael Mikulewicz, Liberata Mukamana, Patrick Mugiraneza, Karin Helwig
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Does Informal Finance Still Matter?
Informal Savings Mechanisms (ISMs) have long been important to many people’s day-to-day money management across Africa. But as formal financial services become much more prevalent in the region, what will happen to these ISMs? Will they fall by the wayside as the digital revolution takes over?
By Stephen Peachey, Sukhwinder Arora, Savings at the Frontier
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Past the Tipping Point? A Look at Zambia’s Digital Financial Services Market
Digital financial services (DFS) and FinTech innovations continued to grow in 2017, with increased trust in DFS and more interoperability. But challenges remain...
By Uloma Ogba, UNCDF