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Diagnostic of Gender and Age Norms in Financial Inclusion - A Pilot Study in Five Districts of Malawi

This report presents an investigation into how social norms impact rural women’s and youth’s ability to access and use formal financial products and services in Malawi.

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The Impact of Mobile Money Interoperability on Financial Inclusion

This report assesses the impact of mobile money interoperability by considering the economic literature on interoperability more generally and utilizing a case study approach in five mobile money countries: Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda and Tanzania.

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Feasibility Study on Climate Risk Insurance in Malawi

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

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VisionFund Impact Evaluation - Finance Accelerating Savings Group Transformation (FAST)

This report provides a research summary of two impact evaluations looking at VisionFund´s FAST program – lending to savings groups, to determine if it accomplished its main program objectives.

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Business Her Own Way: Creating Livelihoods Through Informal Online Commerce

This Focus Note outlines the characteristics of informal online commerce (IOC), maps the personas of the women who engage in it, and provides guidance to funders looking to support women to generate livelihoods through IOC.

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Microfinance Clients Facing the COVID-19 Crisis: From Findings to Action for MFIs

This publication presents the main results of MFI client surveys in seven countries (Bhutan, Myanmar, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Cape Verde and El Salvador), as well as the concrete measures taken by MFIs to meet the needs expressed by their clients.

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A COVID Microfinance Liquidity Tour of Asia

Cross country data and analysis on different types of microfinance service providers

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Measuring Progress: Financial Inclusion in Selected SADC Countries

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

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An Assessment of Policy and Regulatory Constraints and Enablers to Women’s Financial Inclusion in Myanmar

In-depth review and analysis of existing policies and regulations accompanied by a literature review

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Myanmar Microfinance Money Management: Coping With the COVID Crisis

Advisory Note on the liquidity of microfinance institutions in the country