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The Role Regulators Play in Closing the Financial Inclusion Gender Gap: A Case Study of Fiji
This case study explores the steps being taken by the Reserve Bank of Fiji to increase women's financial inclusion.
An Introduction to the Small Firm Diaries
The Small Firm Diaries is a global research initiative to better understand small firms in low-income neighborhoods of developing countries, especially the barriers to growth such firms face, through high frequency quantitative and qualitative data collection (“financial diaries”).
Scaling Parametric Insurance in Pacific Small Island Developing States Through Meso- Level Solutions
This publication focuses on promoting meso-level insurance products designed for development banks, microfinance institutions, provident/pension funds, associations, and cooperatives through the UNCDF-led Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Programme.
Demand and Supply Study Report on Climate and Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance in Papua New Guinea
This report examines challenges associated with access to affordable and suitable insurance for low- and moderate-income communities, risks, and coping mechanisms and identifies unaddressed issues.
Assessing Digital and Financial Literacy in Fiji: A Survey on Knowledge, Skills and Access
This study explores experiences with traditional and digital financial services to-date to serve as a baseline from which future changes in competencies, access, and usage can be measured by regulators and development partners.
Disaster Risk Finance Strategy: Guideline for Pacific Island Countries
This guideline provides a step-by-step account of how Pacific Island countries can develop national Disaster Risk Financing strategies.
Strengthening Financial Resilience in the Pacific
This publication captures the lessons learned from implementing climate risk insurance solutions in the Pacific over the last two years.
The Social Frontier of Financial Inclusion
This episode features Women’s Micro Bank, a women-owned bank in Papua New Guinea that pushed geographical and technological boundaries in its attempts to expand women’s access to banking services.
Informed Design: A Case Study Series (UNCDF/WMBL)
This study examines Women's Micro Bank Limited and UNCDF's design of a branchless banking solution, the Mama Bank Access Point initiative, which serves unbanked women in rural Papua New Guinea.
Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Programme: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Strategy
This report describes PICAP’s approach towards achieving and mainstreaming gender equality and social inclusion to ensure that women and the most vulnerable are fully represented in climate disaster risk financing products (e.g., parametric insurance).