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Banking on Women Who Trade Across Borders

Drawing from interviews across Africa and Latin America, this report explores the challenges faced by female entrepreneurs and proposes solutions. 

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Connecting the Remittance Ecosystem in the Northern Triangle

This white paper examines the barriers and opportunities to boosting digital remittances in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

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Gender Inclusive Finance Roadmap for the Latin America and Caribbean Region

This report provides evidence-based, gender-transformative policy solutions that consider the unique needs, interests, and behaviors of both women and men.

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Beyond Access: A Look Into the Drivers of Long-term Financial Health

Through a combination of qualitative interviews, customer surveys and analysis of data from over 3.6 million Nubank customers, this research gathered a rich set of insights to inform how we can collectively close the gap between account access and a sense of sustainable financial security and health. 

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The Promises of Digital Bank Accounts for Low-Income Individuals

This study tests the extent to which the promises of digital modes of payment, increased efficiency of transactions, increased financial inclusion, and improvements in the financial well-being of low-income individuals, are fulfilled.

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Building Value in Microfinance Through Digitization: Lessons from Loan Automation Pilots

To address the hope and frustration brought about by digitization, CGAP identified and tested five core principles for successful implementation.

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Developing an Impact Monitoring System for Sida’s Guarantee Instrument

This publication shares key learnings from case studies from Guatemala and Bosnia and Herzegovina and illustrates their contribution to co-designing an impact monitoring system for Sweden’s guarantee instrument.

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2023 Microfinance Index Report

Based on interviews with over 32,000 borrowers in 32 countries spanning Asia, Africa, and Latin America, this report explores the impact of microfinance on the lives of some of the world's most marginalized communities.

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Child Labor, Rainfall Shocks, and Financial Inclusion: Evidence From Rural Households

This paper explores how rural Colombian households respond to rainfall shocks by shifting children's time from school to domestic activities, with the impact on education mitigated or exacerbated by financial inclusion measures.

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The Landscape of Microinsurance 2022

This 34-country microinsurance landscape report tracks the uptake of inclusive insurance products and services in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.