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Financial Inclusion in the Wake of the Pandemic
While poor and women borrowers suffered the most, they also benefited the most from gaining access to financial services, according to a survey of Triple Jump's partners.
By Till Bruckner , Juan Luis Podesta
FinDev Blog
The Path to Financial Inclusion Must Include Saving in Small Groups
The sector needs to transition from the idea that financial inclusion means borrowing (and sometimes saving) in a financial institution and give more power to informal savings through the millions of groups that already exist.
By Jeffrey Ashe, Grassroots Finance Action
FinDev Blog
Agent Gender Matters… for Customers
The second blog in this two-part series on agent gender looks at evidence on the effectiveness of women agents in cash-in cash-out (CICO) networks for women's financial inclusion.
By Rebecca Calder , Federica Busiello, Kore Global
FinDev Blog
How Do Digital Remittances Contribute to Women’s Financial Health?
Results from a UNCDF survey make clear the need for more gender-smart and migrant-centric remittance products.
By Uloma Ogba, Houle Cao , Julie Kamau, UNCDF
FinDev Blog
Agent Gender Matters
While there is growing evidence of a positive relationship between cash-in cash-out (CICO) network quality and gender inclusiveness, there is still an ongoing debate about whether the gender of the agent matters for business performance and for women’s financial inclusion.
By Federica Busiello , Rebecca Calder
FinDev Blog
Four Ways to Design Agent Networks That Work for Women
Innovations around agent networks present an opportunity to significantly improve women’s experiences and help build their confidence and access to digital financial services.
By Mary Katica, IDEO.org
FinDev Blog
Child Labor: An Unintended Consequence of Women’s Entrepreneurship?
A new toolkit from Grameen Foundation's RICHES project aims to help women’s economic empowerment programs improve business safety and health for mothers and their children.
By Bobbi Gray, Grameen Foundation
FinDev Guide
Guide to Upcoming Events on Women's Financial Inclusion
For International Women's Day 2022, check out this list of events addressing the gender gap and women's economic empowerment.
FinDev Quiz
What Explains the Financial Inclusion Gender Gap?
Explore your knowledge on a range of issues that affect women's financial inclusion - from gendered social norms to women's property rights to gender lens investing. How much do you know?
FinDev Interview
Women in Haiti Become Community Health Entrepreneurs
In this FinDev interview, Carine Roenen of Fonkoze shares the story of their healthcare program, Boutik Santé, winner of the 2021 European Microfinance Award.