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Building a Shared Understanding of Financial Abuse: What Have We Learned So Far?
Taking steps to address financial abuse offers an opportunity to better serve women. By applying a financial abuse lens, FSPs can better identify barriers that prevent women from fully utilizing financial services. This understanding paves the way for developing gender-responsive products that not only protect women from harm, but also expand access to underserved segments. In this blog, FinEquity's Swati Mehta Dhawan, shares how addressing this issue presents an opportunity for FSPs to reduce risks and create safer and more inclusive financial systems.
By Swati Mehta, FinEquity
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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.
By Elisabeth Rhyne
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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.
By Lisa Kuhn, VisionFund International
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From Outcomes to Impact
Strong outcomes management systems can help financial service providers make the right decisions for their customers and help strengthen their social and environmental objectives in a more sustainable way.
By Celia Fernandez, Cerise+SPTF
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What Happened When We Trained 70,000 Women on Financial Literacy
Early results from a BRAC International pilot show how financial literacy training can enhance the impact of financial inclusion.
By Raiya Kishwar Ashraf, Tahjib Shamsuddin, BRAC International
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Banking in the Comfort Zone
By providing a familiar environment for small transactions, agency banking can foster good financial habits.
By Scott Graham, Muyumbana Sililo, Anahit Tevosyan, FINCA International
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Five Recommendations to Address Insurance Mis-selling
Rural customers in India face information asymmetry, high premiums and poor returns.
By Sukhpreet Kaur, Arshi Aadil, MicroSave Consulting (MSC)
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Is There a “Steel Bullet” for Helping Businesses Grow?
Financial diaries which provide microentrepreneurs with tailored business reports are helping them to grow their businesses, showing the power of access to data.
By Anne Marie van Swinderen, L-IFT
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India’s Digital Divide Threatens the Progress of Financial Inclusion
There are three key challenges that need to be addressed to fulfill the promise of India's much-lauded digital public infrastructure, as mobile phones and internet access remain inaccessible for a significant segment of the population.
By Anusha Jain, Kushagra Harshavardhan
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Microfinance in Gaza Will Play a Crucial Role in the Post-Conflict Economic Recovery
When the war ends in the Gaza Strip, the support of the international community will be key to help Gazans recover.
By Motaz Abu-Mweis, UNRWA