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PoWER Assessment of Women’s Economic Empowerment in The Gambia

This document presents the final analysis of data collected through desk research, interviews, focus group discussions, and surveys on women and girls’ financial inclusion in The Gambia.

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First Microfinance Institution Syria: Building Resilience Through a Client-Centric Model

Case study in disaster risk reduction and crisis management during a civil war
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2010 Arab Microfinance Analysis & Benchmarking Report

Presenting the latest microfinance trends in the Arab world
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Compare: Practices & Results of a Selection of Solar Power/Microfinance Projects in West Africa

Promoting development in poor communities by self-sufficient and sustaining activities
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A Simple Poverty Scorecard for Syria

A scorecard to estimate poverty rates and track changes in them over time in Syria
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Microfinance as a Tool for Financing Medical Devices in Syria: An Assessment of Needs and a Call for Further Research

Using microfinance as a tool to support the disabled
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The Significant Demand for Microfinance in Syria

Providing financial services to low-income people
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The General Microfinance Decree: The Syrian Arab Republic

This law authorizes the establishment of "Social Financial Banking Institutions"
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Women and Men in Rural Finance in the Syrian Arab Republic: State-Owned Banking vs. Self-Manged Microfinance

Is there common ground between ailing development banks and new microfinance initiatives?
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Predicting Creditworthiness with Publicly Observable Characteristics: Evidence from ASCRAs and RoSCAs in the Gambia

Is it possible to predict which households will gain access to informal finance?