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Increasing Financial Inclusion in Egypt’s Garment Sector through Responsible Wage Digitalization: Benefits for Workers and Business

This report sets out the results from supporting nine factories in five governorates in Egypt with over 24,000 workers with wage digitalization and enabling workers to access, use and benefit from their accounts.

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Financial Inclusion for Migrants and Refugees: Insights From Credit Unions

This report looks at the role credit unions play in supporting migrants and refugees in Brazil, Ecuador, Poland and the United States.

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Al-Amal Microfinance Bank's Micro-Letters of Guarantee (Micro-LGs)

This paper describes the development of microfinance in Yemen and the role of Al-Amal Bank in the sector over the past 15 years, then introduces the concept of micro letters of guarantee, which Al-Amal Bank launched in 2020.

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Lessons for Global Microfinance from… the United States?

Insights into key questions about the future of global microfinance, and specifically the future of policy and subsidy for microfinance, can be gained from an unlikely place: the United States. 

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Advancing Livelihoods Through Financial Inclusion in Iraq

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

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Mainstreaming Green Inclusive Finance in MENA

This report seeks to inform the debate around green inclusive finance in the MENA region, and to support policymakers and regulators as well as development practitioners in identifying, formulating, and implementing policy responses for the region.

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Driving Financial Resilience Through Formal Savings Among the Low-Income Population

Based on customer research in Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, and Uganda, this paper provides a synthesis of findings that help understand to what extent savings allowed customers to increase their financial resilience.

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Financial Inclusion of Refugees in Jordan

This report looks back at what has been achieved in the financial inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers in Jordan since 2015, when the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) first launched its initiative to enhance national financial inclusion.

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Sustainable Finance in the MENA Region

This study aimed to gauge MFIs' awareness on the topic of sustainable finance, measure their progress towards sustainability at the institutional and client level and determine the support needed to develop and implement environmental strategies.

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Social and Solidarity Economy: Social Innovation Catalyst in Africa?

The report highlights internal and external factors impacting social and solidarity economy organizations in their social innovation process and presents a set of policy recommendations to unlock their potential.