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This report describes PICAP’s approach towards achieving and mainstreaming gender equality and social inclusion to ensure that women and the most vulnerable are fully represented in climate disaster risk financing products (e.g., parametric insurance).

This report seeks to embed the critical supporting role of financial inclusion in achieving the vision of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint 2025 within the context of inclusive growth.

The funding was committed from six member states to the BUILD Fund, a blended impact investment vehicle, as well as its associated technical assistance facility, to finance small and medium-sized businesses in the world’s least developed countries to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

A Memorandum of Understanding between the two development organizations signed this week reflects the shared vision of UNCDF and the OPEC Fund to help people to rise out of poverty and achieve sustainable lives.

The goal of these best practice guidelines is to build the capacities of insurance supervisors and regulators to create enabling market conditions for successful inclusive insurance interventions.

Contribution will be used to finance UNCDF’s BRIDGE Facility—the Finance Facility dedicated to the world’s 46 least developed countries (LDCs).

Over 50 percent of small and micro-businesses  in a recent UNCDF and Visa study had poor understanding of how digital and financial services could help their businesses, and financial literacy gaps were even more pronounced for women entrepreneurs.

This case study shares more on the design of the app predicting credit risk to provide young entrepreneurs with affordable capital,  and initial lessons learned for practitioners.

This paper explores challenges and opportunities for digital and e-commerce payments in the Pacific Region. Findings from this study are utilized to plan and implement activities that help in enabling inclusive digital economies in the Pacific.