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Paper

Feasibility Study on Climate Risk Insurance in Sierra Leone

This study examines the growing impact of climate induced disaster on the agriculture sector in Sierra Leone and explores financial gaps that could feasibly be filled through climate risk insurance solutions.

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Resilient and Inclusive Financial Services Delivery During COVID-19

This report draws on the lessons that main actors in Zambia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone have learned about resilience in the times of COVID-19 and identifies key insights into how they have continued to expand financial inclusion.

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Navigating Through COVID-19: A Snapshot on How the Pandemic Affected MSMEs in Sierra Leone

Country assessment reflecting the impact of the pandemic on banked enterprises

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The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola

Lessons from an Empowerment Program
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Informal Finance in Sierra Leone: Why and How It Fits Into the Financial System

What factors account for the prevalence of informal finance?
Case Study

Financial Inclusion and Resilience: How BRAC’s Microfinance Program Recovered from the West Africa Ebola Crisis

This case study explores how BRAC's microfinance companies in Liberia and Sierra Leone responded to the Ebola crisis in 2014, enabling to deliver a remarkable recovery of its operations.

Case Study

Saving Money, Saving Lives

This case study shares key lessons from Sierra Leone’s experience using digital payments to help combat the Ebola crisis and highlights the need for governments to take early action, in partnership with the humanitarian and development community and the private sector.

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Enabling Small Entrepreneurs to Recover From Ebola

Assessing the resilience of microfinance providers and their clients during the Ebola crisis
Case Study

Sierra Leone: The Impact of the Ebola Crisis on the Microfinance Sector and Stories of Microentrepreneurs' Resilience

Findings from 84 client interviews and data from 9 microfinance institutions