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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.

Paper

Measuring Progress 2021: Financial Inclusion in Selected ASEAN Countries

This report seeks to embed the critical supporting role of financial inclusion in achieving the vision of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint 2025 within the context of inclusive growth.

Case Study

Malayan Insurance, Philippines – The Case for Insuring Women for a Better Tomorrow

This case study showcases the business case for women's insurance in the Philippines.

Paper

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.

Paper

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.

Paper

Helping Low- and Moderate-Income Malaysians Save

Insights from UNCDF's work with GoGet and Pod

Paper

The Gig Economy and Financial Health: A Snapshot of Malaysia and China

This study explores the landscape of the gig economy in Malaysia and China, focusing on the financial concerns and well-being of gig workers. 

Paper

A COVID Microfinance Liquidity Tour of Asia

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

Paper

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

Paper

Myanmar Microfinance Money Management: Coping With the COVID Crisis

Advisory Note on the liquidity of microfinance institutions in the country