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What Can Edufinance Learn From Microfinance?
Recent excitement over the investment potential of edufinance will remind long-time impact investors of similar growth predictions for microfinance not too long ago. Taking advantage of the huge pool of hard–won experience built by the microfinance sector over 30-plus years can help the edufinance sector avoid missteps and greatly accelerate its growth and success.
By Amit Brar, Grassroots Capital Management, PBC
FinDev Interview
Youth, Digitization and the Climate Are Our Priorities for the Future
Laura Foschi, head of ADA, talks about the focus of this year’s African Microfinance Week and how ADA views impact and partnerships.
FinDev Interview
Speaking the Common Language of the SDGs
Jean-Marc Debricon of Alterfin discusses impact investing in rural Africa as the region prepares for African Microfinance Week. Held in Burkina Faso from 21 to 25 October 2019, this major regional conference provides a unified African platform for discussion of microfinance issues.
FinDev Blog
Three Solutions for Delivering Insurance to Smallholder Farmers
Leading microinsurance providers discuss how to solve issues with distribution, the multitude of risks farmers face and uptake.
By Céline Fillet, with the contribution of Propagate Coalition members
FinDev Blog
Unlocking Capital in Financial Services for the Poor
While the financial inclusion sector has changed drastically over the last twenty years, a familiar challenge has returned: information asymmetry. So MIX’s strategic shifts to refocus on data initiatives in fintech, digital and agricultural finance - and other frontier sectors to come - are a welcome development for the entire financial inclusion community.
By Mayada El-Zoghbi, Henry Gonzalez
FinDev Blog
Building Resilience in Real Time
Organizations implementing the graduation approach need tools to manage their different program components effectively. Mobile and cloud technology are helping them to support poor women on their path out of poverty.
By Elaine Chang, TaroWorks
FinDev Blog
Can Financial Inclusion Help Reverse Women’s Inequality in Jordan?
Women’s entrepreneurship is on the rise globally, though it still lags behind men’s in most countries. The challenge is how to get female businesses out of a survivalist mode and onto a pathway of growth.
By Scott Graham, Anahit Tevosyan
FinDev Blog
Does Informal Finance Still Matter?
Informal Savings Mechanisms (ISMs) have long been important to many people’s day-to-day money management across Africa. But as formal financial services become much more prevalent in the region, what will happen to these ISMs? Will they fall by the wayside as the digital revolution takes over?
By Stephen Peachey, Sukhwinder Arora, Savings at the Frontier
FinDev Blog
What Would People Say?
Women entrepreneurs or those taking on a new career path in Turkey often hear this phrase from society, discouraging them from taking on less traditional roles. But now organizations in the country are working to unpack and overcome the insidious effects of gender-based social norms on women’s financial health.
By Sarah Willis, Yasmin Bin-Humam
FinDev Blog
Becoming Intentional About Learning
We need to prioritize organizational learning to develop and enhance financial inclusion interventions. Here are some tips for how to get started.
By Anne Maftei