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Advisory Note 1: M-CRIL's Microscopic View of Responsible Financing Practices in Cambodia

Based on research with 15 financial service providers and 585 borrowers across nine provinces in Cambodia, this first advisory note highlights five priority areas for strengthening responsible finance practices, with evidence-based recommendations.

Paper

Building Financial Resilience Against Digital Risk

The findings in this learning brief draw on the Strive Women Midline Survey, conducted by 60 Decibels, which measured how women micro and small enterprise owners across Pakistan, Vietnam, and Peru experience and respond to digital financial risk and fraud.

Podcast

Canada's Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

In this podcast episode the Chair of Toronto Centre's Securities Advisory Board and the Chair of the Canadian Taxonomy and Transition Planning Council discuss Canada’s proposed framework, the importance of international alignment and cross-border collaboration, the role of the taxonomy in mobilizing investment and supporting climate-related risk oversight, and the role of financial regulators and supervisors.

Paper

Microfinance and Poverty Reduction: Promise, Pitfalls, and the Zimbabwean Experience

This paper critically examines the impact and role of microfinance on poverty reduction, drawing on global literature and contextual insights from Zimbabwe’s evolving financial landscape.

Past Events

Policyholder Protection Schemes in a Climate-Stressed World

This TC Note and podcast provide practical guidance for supervisors in emerging economies on policyholder protection in the face of rising climate-related risks and the evolving links between catastrophes and insurer failure.

Slide Deck

Contingent Lines of Credit (CLOC): A Liquidity Tool for Customer Climate Resilience

This reading deck explores how climate Contingent Lines of Credit (CLOCs) work, what design choices matter, and how they can complement savings, insurance, and other resilience tools.

Paper

Deepening Financial Inclusion for Young Women in Uganda

The paper summarizes Financial Sector Deepening Uganda (FSDU)'s research on how young Ugandan women move from school to work, from legal minority to full citizenship, and from ward to caregiver, specifically by accessing and using financial services.

Paper

Opening the Black Box on the Impact of Inclusive Credit

Inclusive credit is one of the most celebrated and contested tools in development. This Focus Note reframes that debate. Rather than asking whether credit works, it asks: for which borrowers, through what product designs, and under what conditions does inclusive credit generate meaningful benefit rather than harm?
Guide / Toolkit

Optimizing AML/CFT Risk Management with Technology and Analytics: A Playbook for Financial Institutions in Emerging Markets

This Good Practice Note explores how technology and advanced analytics can strengthen Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) risk management through a more effective, risk-based approach.