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Women & Money: Insights and a Path to Close the Gender Gap

This paper presents research findings on the key challenges women face in accessing digital financial services and the design opportunities for the financial sector, policymakers and regulators, the philanthropic sector, NGOs, and designers everywhere.

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Business Her Own Way: Creating Livelihoods Through Informal Online Commerce

This Focus Note outlines the characteristics of informal online commerce (IOC), maps the personas of the women who engage in it, and provides guidance to funders looking to support women to generate livelihoods through IOC.

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Understanding Micro- and Small-Growth Entrepreneurs in Vietnam, Pakistan and Peru

This report provides an overview of "the current state of strivers" across these countries with an aim to understand the emerging unmet needs through market assessments.

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Women’s Access to Cash Transfers in Light of COVID-19: The Case of Pakistan

How to ensure more women are able to access emergency cash programs
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The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2020

Findings based on surveys in 15 low- and middle-income countries
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Acquisition and Engagement Strategies to Reach Women With Digital Financial Services

Using behavioral and design techniques to remove barriers for low-income women
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Are Pakistan’s Women Entrepreneurs Being Served by the Microfinance Sector?

Evaluating the impact and outreach of Pakistan’s microfinance sector on its women entrepreneurs
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Productive Safety Nets for Women in Extreme Poverty: Lessons from Pilot Projects in India and Pakistan

SOAS Discussion Paper: Analyzing Programme Implementations in West Bengal, India and Sindh, Pakistan
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Does a Picture Paint a Thousand Words? Evidence from a Microcredit Marketing Experiment

Examining the impact of psychological cues on women's take up of credit