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Digital Cash Transfers for Emergency Response: Lessons From Cameroon

This research shares findings from an evaluation in 2021 documenting lessons learned from digital government-to-people (G2P) payments to eighty thousand beneficiaries, mostly women, in Cameroon.

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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.

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COVID-19: Crisis as Opportunity for Urban Cash Transfers?

Based on a literature review and case studies of various urban cash transfer schemes in response to the COVID-19 crisis, this paper explores the successes and challenges of implementing cash transfers in urban settings in response to a large, covariate shock.

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Small and Growing Businesses in Africa: Profiles, Successes and Challenges

Learning from successful MSME owners' journeys in Ethiopia, Kenya and Madagascar
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Using Qualitative Research to Assess Loan Impact: Lessons from the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM)

Findings from four country pilots of AKAM's monitoring, evaluation and learning framework
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Lending through a Cash Flow Based Model - The Case of Access Bank Madagascar

Resource from the Agriculture Finance Support Facility (AgriFin)
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Warehouse Receipt Financing: The Experience of Access Bank Madagascar

Resource from the Agriculture Finance Support Facility (AgriFin)
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Digital Financial Services in Africa: Beyond the Kenyan Success Story

Assessing the growth potential of digital financial services in seven African countries