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Leveraging Digital ID and e-KYC for the Financial Inclusion of Forcibly Displaced Persons: Risks and Opportunities

This report discusses the challenges and bottlenecks preventing the wider adoption of digital ID and e-KYC to advance the financial inclusion of forcibly displaced persons in Rwanda, Mauritania, and Eswatini.

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Islamic Banking and Finance in North Africa

Examining the state of Islamic finance in North Africa
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Microfinance Institutions in Central Asia: Benchmarks and Analysis 2005

Impact that policy has had on the development of microfinance sector in the Central Asian republics
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Developing and Testing Poverty Assessment Tools: Results From Accuracy Tests in Kazakhstan

Have poverty assessment tools been successful in estimating the poverty in Kazakhstan?
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Kazakhstan's Microfinance Law: Opportunities and Future Challenges

The essay elaborates on two regulations in Kazakhstan, relating to MFI's strategic planning
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Down-Scaling Commercial Banks into MFIs: A Case Study from Kazakhstan

Leveraging pre-existing infrastructures in commercial banking to tackle poverty through microfinance
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Microfinance in Kazakhstan: An Inclusive Financial Sector for All

Towards establishing a firm base for microfinance in Kazakhstan
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West Africa: Microlending in Mauritania

The progress and challenges of USAID's Food for Peace project in Mauritania
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The Kazakhstan Small Business Program: Commercial Banks Entering Micro and Small Business Finance

Proceedings from the “"Scaling Up Poverty Reduction: A Global Learning Process and Conference”"