Lessons learned from previous crises to help with future crisis responses

Key findings from focus group discussions with 146 participants to understand women’s demand for financial services

Call for collective action to drive resilience

How digital solutions can help governments deliver cash transfers

Highlighting key challenges in linking cash transfers to financial inclusion

Ten key issues that boards and senior management teams need to address

Recommendations on how supervisors can address issues arising in in a crisis

Can digital finance help to overcome the immediate challenges presented by the pandemic?

This brief considers the potential impact of the global pandemic on health, food security and nutrition, and economic well-being of women and girls.

The focus of this paper is on how the financial services industry has been responding to date to the pandemic with an emphasis on the role of business continuity plans.