This working paper explores the benefits of having more women agents, the challenges they face, and potential solutions to promote their participation in the DFS ecosystem.

This policy brief offers recommendations that leverage digital public infrastructure to enable and advance women’s economic empowerment through financial inclusion.

This report delves into micro and small women entrepreneurs’ credit journey exploring demand and supply-side factors and provides key recommendations to enhance access to credit for women entrepreneurs.

This slide deck provides the main findings from a CGAP research exploring the role of gender in developing rural agent networks in Bihar State, India, through the State Government's Bank Sakhi Program.

This report maps government entrepreneurship support schemes across six key ecosystem needs and shares valuable insights on them.

This slide deck reveals evidence from India on female beneficiaries' experience of receiving government-to-person (direct benefit transfer) payment.

This report presents key insights and opportunities from Hindustan Unilever Limited’s business-to-business Shakti digitization program to implement the UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments and build scale.

This slide deck charts the journey of a pilot on behavioral communication to encourage women to make small saving deposits.

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

This case study charts how Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihoods Mission used technology to strengthen the BC Sakhi (women business correspondent) network in the state in an effort to improve the status of financial inclusion among rural adults.