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Measuring Progress: Financial Inclusion in Selected SADC Countries

Working methodology in measuring and evaluating the impact of national financial inclusion strategies

Damola Owolade, FinMark Trust, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
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Digitally-Enabled Cross-Border Remittances in Lesotho: Key Policy Considerations To Break Uptake Barriers

In-depth market analysis with recommendations for shifting remittances to regulated channels
Lira Peter Sekantsi, Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)
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Small Business Performance: Does Access to Finance Matter?

Evidence from the Southern African Development Community using FinScope surveys
Beyene Fanta, A., Mutsonziwa, K., Berkowitz, B., Maposa, O., Motsomi, A., & Khumalo, J., FinMark Trust
Case Study

Understanding the Challenges and Opportunities in Promoting Savings Among Low-Income Individuals in Lesotho, Malawi, and South Africa

Providing recommendations to enhance savings among low-income individuals
Agar, J., Brockerhoff, S., Grossman, J. et al, FinMark Trust
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Gender Policy and Practice: Self-Assessments of Microfinance and Enterprise Development Organizations in Latin America

Examining MFI's commitment to gender equity and women's empowerment
Fraioli, L. & Byekirova, M., The SEEP Network
Case Study

Institutional Transformation to Create Linkages that Enhance Rural Access to Financial Services: The Case of the Fundación Integral Campesina (FINCA) in Costa Rica

Importance of organizational flexibility for successful inter-institutional linkages
Quirós, R. & Gonzalez-Vega, C., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Housing Microfinance: Policy Recommendations for Sida's Programs

This paper discusses the lessons learnt from Sida's global experience in housing microfinance
Daphnis, F. & Faulhaber, I., SIDA
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Making Insurance Markets Work for the Poor in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland - Scoping Study

Providing an overview of the insurance market
Bester, H., Chamberlain, D., Hawthorne, R., Malherbe, S. & Walker, R., FinMark Trust
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Agricultural Credit Card Innovation: the Case of Financiera Trisan

Can a credit card used for agricultural input suppliers and rural producers be replicated?
Wenner, M.D. & Quiros, R., Inter-American Development Bank
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Imperfect Information, Social Capital and The Poor's Access to Credit

Microfinance institutions gained success through the trust and mutual support of their field workers
van Bastelaer, T., Global Development Network (GDN)