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Guide / Toolkit

Open Finance Self-Assessment Tool and Development Roadmap

This technical guide introduces the open finance self-assessment tool and development roadmap. It provides practical tools for policymakers to use to decide whether to implement an open finance regime to advance financial inclusion.

Case Study

Weathering the Storm II: A Case Study of Vitas Palestine

Lessons learned from previous crises to help with future crisis responses

Paper

Financial Education Initiatives in the Arab Region: A Stocktaking Report

Status of financial education in eight selected countries in the Arab region
Case Study

Fostering Resilience in the Middle East: A People Centered Approach to Risk Reduction

Case studies from Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon on reducing disaster risk
Paper

Financial Inclusion in the Middle East and North Africa: Analysis and Roadmap Recommendations

Improving financial access through microfinance
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A Simple Poverty Scorecard for Palestine

A scorecard to estimate poverty rates and track changes in them over time in Palestine
Case Study

A Successful Nonprofit MFI Considers Commercialization

Do the benefits of commercialization outweigh the threat of mission drift?
Paper

Mobile Money Study: West Bank & Gaza

How does branchless banking facilitate access to financial services?
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Study on Options, Management, and Enforcement of Collateral for Microfinance Loans in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Reviewing collateral options and legal enforcement issues for microloans
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Microfinance Market Survey in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

Do Palestinian microentrepreneurs express a need for microfinance?