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Building Value in Microfinance Through Digitization: A Role for Funders

Funders play a crucial role in ensuring that microfinance institutions (MFIs) continue to serve the most excluded and underserved customers in the future. This note highlights the importance of funders in supporting the digital transformation of MFIs.

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Financial Inclusion of Refugees in Jordan

This report looks back at what has been achieved in the financial inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers in Jordan since 2015, when the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) first launched its initiative to enhance national financial inclusion.

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Merchant Expansion through Digital Acceptance and Liquidity (MEDAL) Facility Report

This report discusses the future direction of digital payments in Jordan to increase their acceptance both on the merchant and user sides.

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A Market Study on the Adoption of Digital Financial Services in Jordan

The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of consumers' appetite for and usage of digital financial services and their financial behavior in light of the rapid development of Jordan's digital financial services.

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Finance in Displacement: Joint Lessons Report

This study brings to light the challenges forcibly displaced persons face in accessing economic opportunities and puts forth a financial health framework for measuring progress against these challenges.

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Digitization in Microfinance: Case Studies of Pathways to Success

This Working Paper takes a unique look at MFI innovation with digital technologies by featuring case studies on five MFIs that successfully created measurable customer and business value through digitization.

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Women’s Financial Inclusion Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to aid the design and implementation of women's financial inclusion and empowerment programs.

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Challenging Exclusion: Refugees' Uptake of Mobile Money

This research investigates the appetite of female refugees in Jordan towards mobile money and studies their behavior to better cater to their needs in collaboration with sector players.

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Making Finance Work for Refugees: Microfund for Women, Experience in Serving Refugees and Host Communities in Jordan

This brief documents the experience of MFW, which provides sustainable (non-) financial services to female entrepreneurs and to empower them socio-economically.

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COVID-19 and Refugees’ Economic Opportunities, Financial Services and Digital Inclusion

Addressing structural and practical barriers to refugees’ financial and economic inclusion