Building Radical Financial Confidence Through Inclusive Design
IDEO’s Last Mile Money program proposes new design paradigms for digital finance to center the experience of people living in poverty.
How to Design Client-Centric Financial Solutions for Women Smallholders
BRAC International Microfinance shares five lessons from their experience designing and testing tailor-made agri-credit solutions in Rwanda, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Coping Strategies of Financially Distressed Households
Which clients are most likely to draw down savings, borrow or sell off assets to deal with reduced income? This data can help MFIs find ways to make savings products easier to access, use and afford.
Food Insecurity Among Microfinance Clients
As food prices rise, data from the COVID-19 pandemic shows us which households will suffer the most, and what makes them vulnerable.
Meet Ivy the Innovator and Charlie the Copycat on Their Journey to Financial Inclusion
Understanding how different consumer behaviors affect adoption rates can help financial inclusion practitioners fine-tune their efforts.
Financial Health Goes Global
This post is the first in the FinDev Blog series on financial health, introducing the concept of financial health and discussing new efforts to apply the concept in low- and middle-income countries.
Determinants of Financial Well-Being: Evidence from Latin America
This paper provides a baseline measurement of financial well-being in Latin America and studies the factors associated with it.
Measuring Financial Health: Concepts and Considerations
This note provides financial sector policymakers with a discussion of the technical concepts relevant to financial health measurement. The purpose is to explain and demystify the various approaches for a non-technical audience, drawing on existing experiences and the state of the art.
Where Are the Unbanked in Belize?: Using Machine Learning Small Area Estimation to Improve Financial Inclusion Geographic Targeting
This study aims to contribute to the efficient and effective implementation of Belize's National Financial Inclusion Strategy by identifying the geographical areas where unbanked people live and analyzing the factors that influence the use of financial services and instruments.
Why Human-Centered Design (HCD) Doesn’t Always Work for International Development
HCD has become increasingly popular in international development, and is most widely recognized by the number of sticky notes on the wall! But not every organization or problem is suited for this method.