The objective of the program is to match qualified professionals with organizations working on the frontiers of financial inclusion, microfinance and impact insurance, to bridge skill gaps and create a new generation of professionals with experience serving low-income populations.

This study on Earned Wage Access brings a new dimension to the Global Centre’s research agenda by exploring a financial product made possible through the digitization of wage payments.

The Kulehe project, launched in Addis Ababa, supports 120 youth from refugee and host communities with entrepreneurship training, financial inclusion, and business linkages, promoting decent employment through the ILO Youth-to-Youth Fund.

The training will touch base on microfinance institutions’ diversification of financial products, risk mitigation mechanisms, the importance of selling insurance products for microfinance institutions and how to develop such products.

A new joint program will work to unlock access to sustainable finance, especially for young and women entrepreneurs.

This research brief analyzes the potential for responsible digital wage payments in Kenya.

This report provides an overview of the target market and enabling environment for the financial services industry in Iraq.

This new partnership aims to build the capacity of insurers and distribution channels on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

This brief gives an overview of the different considerations to maximize the potential of digital wage payments to benefit workers, employers, and governments.

While some governments have begun to integrate cooperatives, their members, workers and the wider SSE in their emergency response strategies, there is still room for growth.