Environmental and Social Risk Management Guidelines
This report presents challenges and policy recommendations from the Inclusive Green Finance Working Group and is intended as a tool for regulators or policymakers who are developing environmental and social risk management (ESRM) guidelines.
Mainstreaming Green Inclusive Finance in MENA
This report seeks to inform the debate around green inclusive finance in the MENA region, and to support policymakers and regulators as well as development practitioners in identifying, formulating, and implementing policy responses for the region.
Women and Climate Hypotheses and Assumptions
What role can financial services play in helping women mitigate and adapt to climate shocks? We have pulled out seven hypotheses on the nexus between gender, financial inclusion and climate change - check them out.
Sustainable Finance in the MENA Region
This study aimed to gauge MFIs' awareness on the topic of sustainable finance, measure their progress towards sustainability at the institutional and client level and determine the support needed to develop and implement environmental strategies.
Roadmap for Inclusive Green Finance Implementation
This Special Report identifies inclusive green finance (IGF) as a subset of sustainable finance, shows that a successful IGF framework rests on six building blocks, and identifies five policy tools that further the framework.
Measuring Inclusive Green Finance
Leveraging Digital Financial Services to Advance Inclusive Green Finance Policies
This report shows how digital payment platforms, digital financial products, and enabling policies can make a difference in helping the most vulnerable populations adapt to and mitigate climate risk and environmental degradation.
Building Climate Resilience: What Can FSPs Do?
Financial inclusion can be a powerful tool to help the most vulnerable build resilience to the devastating impacts of climate change. This webinar (recording) looks at how financial service providers are approaching the issue of climate change with their clients.
Green Credit Guarantee Schemes for MSMEs
This special report elaborates on policy considerations for the implementation of a credit guarantee scheme that can be used to support green lending by financial institutions (such as commercial banks, credit cooperatives or microfinance institutions) to MSMEs.
How Can Microfinance Institutions Help Their Clients Build Climate Resilience?
In the second post of the FinDev Blog Series on Climate Change and Financial Inclusion, we look at how both financial and non-financial services will be crucial in helping MFI clients adapt to climate change.