Financial Inclusion, Reframed: What the Well-Being Literature Can Teach Us
While financial well-being is increasingly treated as the end goal of financial inclusion, we’re still not fully connecting the two concepts. This proposed framework for financial well-being addresses people’s material, psychological and social needs.
CARE’s New Strive Women Report Finds Digital Divide, Financial Stress and Household Responsibilities Limit Business Success in Emerging Markets
The report uncovers how business outcomes for women are deeply tied to four interconnected factors: financial resilience, business management and growth, confidence and control, and quality of life.
Measuring Women Entrepreneurs’ Financial Health
This report presents findings from the baseline survey of the four-year Strive Women program which offers two main interventions to help women-led micro and small enterprises thrive.
How SEWA is Building Collective Agency and Mitigating Risk for 3 Million Women in India
Climate insurance is crucial for building resilience and providing financial protection against climate shocks, but it cannot effectively function in isolation. This blog analyzes how the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India works with low-income communities using a comprehensive approcach in integrating insurance with complementary financial and non-financial services.
Building Women’s Climate Resilience: What Can Financial Service Providers Do?
This blog is part of a FinEquity blog series highlighting how organizations in the Community of Practice are thinking about improving women’s resilience to climate events through inclusive finance, analyzing some recent trends, and providing some recommendations for those supporting innovators on this journey.
Connecting Venezuelan Migrants With the Financial System in Colombia
The Banca de las Oportunidades project, “El Parche Financiero” (“the Financial Patch”), aims to promote financial inclusion for the 100,000 Venezuelan migrants in the country.
G20 Policy Note on Financial Well-Being
This note presents a consensual concept of financial well-being, including a preliminary conceptual framework and a working definition, as well as a preliminary roadmap for developing a measurement framework.
Citi Foundation Announces $25 M Request for Ideas Focused on Financial Inclusion and Financial Health in Low-Income Communities in the U.S.
With this second iteration of the Community Finance Innovation Fund, the Citi Foundation will support a new cohort of Community Development Financial Institution innovators.
Combating Financial Abuse With a Vigorous Battle Plan
There are three key lessons we can apply from the Smart Campaign’s experience with consumer protection.
Magnifying the Power of Women’s Savings Groups
VisionFund has been exploring how formal loans to savings groups can help overcome capital constraints and improve members’ resilience.