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Slide Deck

The Six Village Story – India: An Assessment of the Real Gap in Financial Inclusion

This study intends to unpack the on-ground status of financial inclusion in six villages in India.

Paper

How Can Financial Services Support Platform Work? Insights from Five Emerging Markets

Based on research with platforms and their workers across five countries, this report describes the platform ecosystem in emerging markets, the experiences of workers and sellers in key sectors, and how financial services can help these workers improve their livelihoods.

Slide Deck

Women in the Platform Economy: Emerging Insights

This slide deck shares female workers’ experiences and how financial services can help make platforms more inclusive.

Case Study

At the Heart of All That We Do: Janalakshmi’s Journey to a Customer-Centric Bank in India

This case study examines how the Indian financial institution (now a small bank), Janalakshmi, worked with CGAP to put customers at the center of its operations. 

Paper

Breakthroughs for Healthy Birth: What “Health Diaries” Tell Us About Financial and Medical Preparation for Giving Birth Among Women in West Bengal and Jharkhand

How do families in India manage the costs of prenatal care and childbirth?
Paper

Breakthroughs in Affordable Health Care: What ‘Health Diaries’ Tell Us About Managing Health Care and Costs Among Women in West Bengal and Jharkhand

Key findings from surveys conducted with 45 women in two Indian states
Paper

Breakthroughs in Women’s Empowerment: Decision-making Power of Women in Microfinance and Financial Self-help Groups in Jharkhand and West Bengal

Key findings from Health Diaries conducted with 45 women in two states in India
Paper

Understanding the Impact of Demonetization on Bank Account Holders from Low Income Households

How did demonetization in India affect people’s financial behavior?
Paper

Study on the Adoption of Cash-lite Models Among MFIs in India

The current state of cash-lite operations and recommendations for accelerating its use
Case Study

Financial Data Collection Through Interactive Mobile Phone Podcasts

Case study looking at behavior, perceptions and barriers to adoption of financial services