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Evidence Review of Women's Groups and COVID-19: Impacts, Challenges, and Policy Implications for Savings Groups in Africa

This brief presents emerging evidence from studies in diverse African contexts on how COVID-19 has affected savings groups and how these groups have helped mitigate the pandemic’s negative consequences in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Her Resilience in the Face of COVID-19

A data deep dive into the customer base of two financial service providers engaging with low-income women

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Consumer Protection for Financial Inclusion in Low and Middle Income Countries

Bridging regulator and academic perspectives

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Debt Relief in the Pandemic: Lessons From India, Peru, and Uganda

Findings from interviews with key stakeholders and review of publicly available survey data and research

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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

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Employment Effects in Impact Investments: Key Insights Emerging Across Studies in Tanzania and in Zimbabwe

The analysis concludes that the investments as part of the joint ILO-EU STRENGHTEN Project triggered an increase in employment numbers along with improved skills of the labor force, management systems of the investee companies, and labor practices.

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Microfinance and COVID-19: Principles for Regulatory Response

Five guiding principles for regulators mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 

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Preserving Liquidity: Policymaker Responses to COVID-19 and the Impact on Low-Income Customers

Initial lessons learned and suggestions for dealing with the current and future crises
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Coping With COVID-19

A multi-country perspective from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Kenya, and Uganda
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Coping With COVID-19 – A Demand-Side View from Uganda

Analyzing the impact of the pandemic on the low- and moderate-income households