Diagnostic of Gender and Age Norms in Financial Inclusion - A Pilot Study in Five Districts of Malawi
This report presents an investigation into how social norms impact rural women’s and youth’s ability to access and use formal financial products and services in Malawi.
Women’s Roles in Cross-border Remittances
This webinar explores the findings of a diagnostic study aimed at improving financial capabilities and inclusion for women in the South Africa-Malawi, South Africa-Mozambique and South Africa-Zimbabwe corridors.
Mauritania Commissions Germany’s G+D to Design Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
Known as the digital ouguiya, the potential CBDC would complement cash.
The Impact of Mobile Money Interoperability on Financial Inclusion
This report assesses the impact of mobile money interoperability by considering the economic literature on interoperability more generally and utilizing a case study approach in five mobile money countries: Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda and Tanzania.
Feasibility Study on Climate Risk Insurance in Malawi
This study examines the growing impact of climate induced disaster on the agriculture sector in Malawi and explores financial gaps that could feasibly be filled through climate risk insurance solutions.
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.
VisionFund Impact Evaluation - Finance Accelerating Savings Group Transformation (FAST)
This report provides a research summary of two impact evaluations looking at VisionFund´s FAST program – lending to savings groups, to determine if it accomplished its main program objectives.
Measuring Progress: Financial Inclusion in Selected SADC Countries
Working methodology in measuring and evaluating the impact of national financial inclusion strategies
FINCA Malawi Receives Initial Disbursement of a $1.5 Million Loan Facility From the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries
Through a network of 23 branches and 63 active agents across the country, FINCA Malawi serves more than 70,000 clients offering individual and group loans, savings and insurance products specifically designed for low-income entrepreneurs.
United Nations Federal Credit Union Partners With Thunes for Mobile Money Transfers
The collaboration enables UNFCU members to transfer money to mobile wallets in select countries in local currencies.