All Publications

Showing 1 - 10 of 160
Paper

Financial Inclusion for Migrants and Refugees: Insights From Credit Unions

This report looks at the role credit unions play in supporting migrants and refugees in Brazil, Ecuador, Poland and the United States.

World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU)
Paper

Lessons for Global Microfinance from… the United States?

Insights into key questions about the future of global microfinance, and specifically the future of policy and subsidy for microfinance, can be gained from an unlikely place: the United States. 

Joyce Klein, Timothy Ogden, Aspen Institute
Paper

Designing Municipal Cash Transfer Programs to Mitigate the Economic Impact of COVID-19

Analyzing public, private, and nonprofit-led responses to the coronavirus through direct cash assistance

Eric Noggle, Tess Johnson, Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion
Paper

Protecting Beneficiary Data

Guidance for municipal cash transfer programs responding to COVID-19

Alexandra Rizzi, Madeleine Longwell, Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion
Paper

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.

Maikel Lieuw-Kie-Song, Patricia Richter, Monica Marino, Fernando Messineo Libano, International Labour Organization - Social Finance
Paper

Measuring Progress: Financial Inclusion in Selected SADC Countries

Working methodology in measuring and evaluating the impact of national financial inclusion strategies

Damola Owolade, FinMark Trust, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Paper

Experiences in Gender-Sensitive Solutions to Collateral Constraints

How the use of non-conventional collateral can contribute to improved access to affordable credit
Allison Nafziger, MEDA
Case Study

A Client Needs-Centred Approach to Financial Inclusion Measurement

Understanding how and why customers use different types of financial services
Isabelle Carboni, Christine Hougaard, Leonard Makuvaza, Wicus Coetzee, Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), insight to impact (i2i)
Case Study

A Client Needs-Centered Approach to Financial Inclusion Measurement

Innovative financial inclusion data framework focused on customers financial needs
Isabelle Carboni, Christine Hougaard, Leonard Makuvaza, Wicus Coetzee, Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)
Paper

A Needs-Based Approach to Financial Inclusion Measurement in Zimbabwe

Key findings and implications for policymakers and practitioners
Richard Chamboko and Leonard Makuvaza, insight to impact (i2i)