Financial Institutions' Portfolio Quality, Growth and Financial Performance After COVID-19
The information in this detailed analysis showcases the remarkable resilience of the microfinance sector across multiple regions.
Digital Cash Transfers for Emergency Response: Lessons From Cameroon
This research shares findings from an evaluation in 2021 documenting lessons learned from digital government-to-people (G2P) payments to eighty thousand beneficiaries, mostly women, in Cameroon.
Digital Payments and the COVID-19 Shock: The Role of Preexisting Conditions in Banking, Infrastructure, Human Capabilities, and Digital Regulation
This paper investigates how the use of digital payments and financial services expanded during and after COVID-19 and looks into the driving factors for that expansion.
Preparing MSMEs for Future Crises: Lessons From COVID-19
This publication provides insights into how MSMEs have navigated challenges presented by the pandemic and what support they had available along with lessons learned to help prepare for future crises.
Responsible Social Protection: Lessons From COVID-19 Digital Cash Transfers
This publication uncovers consumer risks arising from the rapidly digitizing G2P programs aimed at the most vulnerable in society, most of whom have no prior experience with digital technology or the formal financial system.
COVID-19: Crisis Evolution in Some of Our Countries of Intervention 2022
This publication compiles and analyses data to better understand the effects of COVID-19 on supported microfinance institutions and their clients.
Resilient and Inclusive Financial Services Delivery During COVID-19
This report draws on the lessons that main actors in Zambia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone have learned about resilience in the times of COVID-19 and identifies key insights into how they have continued to expand financial inclusion.
Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on Gains in Financial Inclusion: Early Lessons From Regulators and Policymakers
This report takes a holistic look at what we have learnt so far in responding to COVID-19 and captures high- level lessons on policy responses that emerged within the Alliance for Financial Inclusion network.
COVID 19 Impact on Financial Service Providers
This slide deck presents the summary of analysis on how the pandemic impacted MFI liquidity, portfolio quality, and solvency through the end of 2020, and forward looking stress tests, with solvency scenarios for the FMI sector.