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The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2025

The Mobile Gender Gap Report shares the latest figures on women’s access to and use of mobile in LMICs, the barriers they face and how this compares to men.

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Beyond Payments: Expanding Digital Finance in Uganda for an Inclusive and Thriving Financial Future

This publication captures the key takeaways from a series of roundtable discussions organized by UNCDF and the Bank of Uganda between April 2023 and April 2024.

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Earned Wage Access – A Global Study on Benefits and Risks

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.

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Enhancing Digital Skills for Women to Thrive: Collective Impact on the Future of Work

This report highlights the crucial role digital skills play in enhancing the financial capabilities and overall well-being of women ready-made garment workers.

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Financing Food for a Better Future

This report analyses the agrifood financing landscape, particularly in light of the current global polycrisis, and provides recommendations for reform to ensure that sufficient funding reaches the countries and people most in need.

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Measuring Women Entrepreneurs’ Financial Health

This report presents findings from the baseline survey of the four-year Strive Women program which offers two main interventions to help women-led micro and small enterprises thrive.

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Playbook: The Role of Financial Institutions in Responding to Domestic Financial Abuse

This playbook presents a strategic framework for FIs to support victim-survivors through four key workflows: fostering a supportive internal culture, preparing employees to recognize and respond to abuse, educating and supporting clients, and enhancing protective product features and partnerships.

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Small Firms, Big Impact: Digitization, Financial Services, and Climate Resilience in Five Emerging Markets

This report presents findings on a survey of over 20,000 MSEs with over 4,000 interviews conducted, revealing opportunities for growth and greater efficiencies with use of digital products and services.

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The Gendered Algorithm: Navigating Financial Inclusion & Equity in AI-Facilitated Access to Credit

This paper draws on interview data with leaders, investors, and data scientists at fintech companies developing ML-based alternative lending apps in low- and middle-income countries to explore financial inclusion and gender implications.

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The State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2025

This report finds that transaction volumes and values for mobile money accounts experienced robust double-digit growth in 2024.