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State of the Practice: Savings Group Linkages 2024
Based on interviews with 46 practitioners across various sectors, this report delineates the contemporary landscape of linkages between informal savings groups and formal financial services.
Supply-Side Gender Disaggregated Data for Advancing Financial Inclusion
This paper explores how supply-side gender-disaggregated data has been collected and used, mainly by financial sector authorities but also by providers, and the challenges and opportunities associated with this work.
What Win-Win Lost: Rethinking Microfinance Subsidy in the Past and Designing for the Future
This working paper calls for reclaiming the power and value of subsidy to accomplish policy goals in order for the future of social investment in microfinance to be more effective.
White Paper: Elevating the Voices of Affected People in Climate Adaptation
This paper combines insights from a review of relevant literature with insights from focus group discussions and individual interviews of those most impacted by climate shocks and stresses.
Addressing Financial and Digital Literacy Challenges for Inclusive Finance
This paper investigates strategies of European microfinance institutions and inclusive fintech organizations to address financial and digital illiteracy among vulnerable customers.
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.
Empowering Indonesia’s Artisans: Financial Inclusion Insights
This study takes a comprehensive look at the relationship between financial inclusion and economic empowerment through contextual factors such as social norms, income, and financial capability among women artisans in Indonesia.
Make Recourse Clear, Quick and Responsive
This resource is meant for Better Than Cash Alliance members and partners aiming to fortify recourse mechanisms through policy evolution.
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.
What Women Say About Microfinance
This report offers an in-depth look at the impact of microfinance and financial services on women's financial resilience, access to finance, and on their businesses and households.