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How to Fight Fraud Against Government Program Beneficiaries in India
Government payment recipients with digital accounts are increasingly becoming the targets of scams. Recent research identifies key vulnerability points and recommendations for improving consumer protection.
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Getting Financial Service Providers “Refugee-Ready”: Four Lessons From Uganda
A five-year blended finance program centered on market-conducive incentives shows that loan portfolio guarantees are not necessary for serving refugees.
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.
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In this faiVLive, leaders from all parts of the microfinance sector continued exploring the present and future of microfinance in development policy and practice. Co-hosted by the Financial Access Initiative at NYU and FinDev Gateway.
This report delves into the growing Gender Lens Investing (GLI) ecosystem in Latin America and the Caribbean.
VisionFund has been exploring how formal loans to savings groups can help overcome capital constraints and improve members’ resilience.
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Inclusive Fintech: How Startups Are Bridging the Finance Gap for Microenterprises
This focus note features a range of case studies based on CGAP's research and highlights the potential and actual impacts of microenterprise fintech models.
Investing for Financial Inclusion: Four Enablers for Outcomes Measurement and Management
Impact investors are shifting towards outcomes-focused impact measurement and management (IMM) to enhance transparency and mitigate risks. This approach prioritizes measuring actual development and intermediate outcomes, like women's economic empowerment, and integrates this data into decision-making. The paper outlines key enablers to advance outcomes-focused IMM within financial inclusion investments.
The Next Chapter for Women’s Financial Inclusion: Moving Toward a Visible Step-Change
This gender conceptual framework aims to offer a new vision of women's financial inclusion through a whole-of-market approach, requiring commitment from both sectors to drive impactful change.
FinDev Editor's Collections
The FinDev Editor's Collections provide a selection of resources carefully curated by our experienced editors to provide financial inclusion professionals with a guide to the most relevant and up-to-date insights and analysis on key topics and emerging issues.
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Keep up with the global microfinance and financial inclusion community. Check out the latest news from across the sector, and an extensive calendar of events and trainings hosted by a wide range of organizations.
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FinDev Webinars enable financial inclusion practitioners to share lessons and attend online presentations and discussions delivered by the world’s leading financial inclusion experts.
Reassessing Microfinance as a Development Tool
Is it time to rethink our approach to microfinance? In this webinar, our panelists explored this critical question and discussed what needs to change for microfinance to be effectively leveraged as a development tool.
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