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Inclusive Pensions for an Aging World: Evidence and Strategies for Engaging Informal Workers

This Working Paper reviews how different countries have designed pension schemes for informal workers. It focuses on contributory schemes for the “missing middle”: informal workers with sufficiently stable incomes to save for old age but who lack access to suitable pension options.
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Unpacking Impact to Unlock Scale: Pilot Testing the WASH Impact Indicator Framework

This publication presents the results of Phase III of the WASH Action Group’s work to develop and validate a harmonized WASH impact indicator framework, with a strong focus on real-world feasibility.

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Measuring Women’s Economic Empowerment: Implications for Program Design and Evaluation

This policy brief shares practical lessons from customer research on women’s saving behavior in Uganda, examining how different empowerment indicators perform in capturing women’s financial behaviors, decision‑making, and outcomes.

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The Dilemma in 21st Century Microfinance

This publication explores a central debate in the sector: whether access to microcredit and related financial services improves the lives of low-income households, or whether easy access to credit, often from multiple sources, risks leading to over-indebtedness and deeper vulnerability.

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Agent Lifecycle Playbook

“Agent Lifecycle Playbook” is a comprehensive guide to ensure high-performing, resilient, and inclusive agent networks. This playbook is based on global insights, which outline effective practices across the full agent lifecycle.

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Competition for Financial Inclusion: A Conceptual Framework

The insights in this paper point to the importance of financial authorities applying an intentional competition lens and offer an analytical framework to help deliver more inclusive and resilient financial systems.
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Credit Risk-Bank Size Trade-Off in the Banking Sector of Ghana

This study analyzes how bank size relates to credit risk in Ghana, drawing on 2015–2023 panel data from eight domestic banks to inform banking regulation in developing economies.

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Disability-Inclusive Entrepreneurship and Financial Services Assessment

This multisectoral assessment was conducted to identify promising approaches to advance the economic growth of people with disabilities in Uganda, with a specific focus on entrepreneurship and increased access to finance.

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Enhancing Financial Inclusion and Inclusive Green Finance Through Proportionate Sustainable Finance Standards

This guideline note addresses the challenge developing countries face in aligning with evolving global sustainable finance standards while safeguarding financial inclusion and inclusive green finance.

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Fintech Innovations and the Transformation of Rural Financial Ecosystems in India

This mixed-methods study examines how fintech is narrowing the financial gap for unbanked people in India using quantitative econometric analysis and qualitative case study assessments.