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Designing Cash Transfer and Graduation Programs to Support Women’s Economic Activity: Synthesis of Recent Literature

This review summarizes the impact of such interventions as graduation programs and cash transfers, as well as variations in design and delivery, on economic, and non-economic outcomes among female recipients.

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Literature Review: Micro and Small Enterprise (MSEs’) Financing in Kenya, Uganda and India

The Literature Review delves into the landscape of women-owned nano and micro-enterprises in India, Kenya, and Uganda, summarizing the existing knowledge and gaps, with the aim of unlocking more capital and effectively meeting these enterprises' financial and non-financial needs.

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Putting Agents to Use: Insights From a Multicountry Research on Customer’s Usage of CICO Agents

This report shares strategies for enhancing customer retention among cash-in and cash-out (CICO) agents.

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The Environmental Impact of Promoting Access to Green Energy Through Inclusive Finance

This study shares the results of the greenhouse gas emissions impact assessment of an agricultural system consisting of a solar-powered water pump, thresher and dryer.

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Digital Payments, Informality and Economic Growth

This study examines the relationship between digital payment adoption and growth, productivity and informal labor in 101 economies from 2014 to 2019.

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Empowering Small Giants: Inclusive Embedded Finance for Micro-Retailers

This report outlines various business models that incorporate last-mile retailers into digital ordering platforms, offering them convenience, transparency, and a wide range of products.

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Financial Inclusion and Disruptive Innovation: Regulatory Implications

This working paper explores the latest wave of disruptive financial services innovations to better understand the regulatory changes that allow EMDEs to harness their financial inclusion potential while containing consumer and financial sector risk.
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Financial Inclusion Compass 2024

This publication provides a comprehensive analysis of the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in the financial inclusion sector.

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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.

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Intelligent Financial System: How AI Is Transforming Finance

This paper evaluates how the financial sector should prepare for the coming arrival of AI agents and the possibility of artificial general intelligence (AGI).