Global Community Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
A list of organizations offering knowledge resources and insights on coronavirus and microfinance
Publisher: FinDev Gateway
FinDev Guide to Data - Tracking the Global Response to COVID-19
Find out who is tracking what with this list of coronavirus-related data and trackers useful for the financial inclusion community.
Savings Group Risk Mitigation, Support, and Engagement in Relation to COVID-19
This guide is intended to help implementers consider how best to support savings groups and their members during COVID-19. The recommendations draw on past experiences working with savings groups during times of crises.
Publisher: CARE
Gender Implications of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Development and Humanitarian Settings
This brief considers the potential impact of the global pandemic on health, food security and nutrition, and economic well-being of women and girls.
Publisher: CARE
Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Guidance for Financial Service Providers
Findings from Accion's interviews with partners on how COVID-19 is impacting the financial industry and recommendations for senior leaders to protect their customers, employees, and business operations.
Publisher: Accion
COVID-19 FinDev Weekly Update #1
A roundup of the most relevant coronavirus-related news, resources and events from the past week, carefully curated by FinDev editors for the microfinance and financial inclusion community.
Publisher: FinDev Gateway
Women's Financial Resiliency as it Relates to COVID-19
Crowd-sourced materials on the issue of women's financial resiliency as it relates to COVID-19 or other serious crises. To suggest items please send to [email protected] Last updated on August 25, 2020. https://www.cgap.org/blog/women-rural-and-agricultural-livelihoods-facing-covid-19
COVID-19: Why Policymakers Need A Gender-focused Approach for Health and Economic Recovery
Based on the evidence thus far, the global pandemic has the potential to deal a one-two punch: a major global health crisis and a global economic crisis that will persist well after the slowing down of the immediate health emergency. While these shocks affect everyone, women - who comprise 1.5 billion of the world’s low-wage workers and twice as many of its carers - may be particularly vulnerable to the economic and health crises that unfold in the wake of COVID-19.
By Julia Arnold, Elizabeth Anderson, Smriti Rao, Sarah GammageCoronavirus Pandemic Deepens Cambodia's Microfinance 'Crisis'
The couple, in their 50s, run a roadside restaurant in Kampong Speu, a province west of Phnom Penh that has the highest number of microcredit loans in Cambodia.
COVID-19 FinDev Weekly Update #2
A roundup of the most relevant coronavirus-related news, resources and events from the past week, carefully curated by FinDev editors for the microfinance and financial inclusion community.
Publisher: FinDev Gateway