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Growing Climate Risk in Africa: How Can Financial Inclusion Help?
Advans Ghana shares three steps FSPs should take to support the small businesses and farmers who are increasingly impacted by extreme climate events.
By Katherine Brown, Olivier Bailly-Béchet, Advans Group
FinDev Blog
Sweeter Prospects for Cocoa Farmers
Cocoa is one of the world’s most prized foods, but the smallholder farmers in Cote d’Ivoire who produce it live in extreme poverty. Formal land ownership can improve their financial outlook.
By Scott Graham & Anahit Tevosyan, Finca International
FinDev Blog
What Do Microfinance Clients Need to Adapt to Climate Change?
In the first post of the FinDev Blog Series on Climate Change and Financial Inclusion, we explore insights from Rwandan smallholder farmers on building climate resilience through microfinance.
By Emanuella Christensen, Olga Biosca, Michael Mikulewicz, Liberata Mukamana, Patrick Mugiraneza, Karin Helwig
FinDev Blog
Harnessing the Potential of Inclusive Finance for Energy Access
Three key takeaways on developing green microfinance programs from experts at the SAM Conference.
By Natalia Realpe Carrillo, Hedera
FinDev Blog
Can Insurance Make Small-Scale Solar Energy More Accessible?
Small-scale solar installations have been an important innovation to bring electricity to remote areas, but they face many risks which jeopardize their ability to provide a continuous energy supply.
By Julia Beneke
FinDev Interview
Protecting Livestock and Livelihoods from Climate Change
European Microfinance Award winner, APA Insurance, is working with Kenyan smallholders to help them build resilience to the effects of climate change such as droughts and flooding.
FinDev Blog
Making Clean Cooking Affordable
Following the FinDev Gateway webinar on financing for clean cooking, GLPGP discusses how innovative consumer finance approaches can help facilitate access to clean cooking in developing countries.
By Meixi Gan, Richenda Van Leeuwen, The Global LPG Partnership