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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
FinDev Interview
How Do We Reach 80 Million Women and Increase Their Incomes by 30%?
Greta Bull of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation shares their latest thinking on achieving impact and building an inclusive credit ecosystem.
FinDev Blog
Rethinking MSME Financing: It's the Customer's Digital Transformation That Matters
As small businesses go digital, platform data can help MFIs better serve them, contributing to a healthier, more sustainable and more inclusive lending model.
By Denis Moniotte, Rubyx
FinDev Blog
Water and Wellbeing in a Changing World
A strong evidence base helps strengthen the case for water and sanitation financing to meet Sustainable Development Goal 6.
By Zehra Shabbir, Katrina Green, Water.org
FinDev Blog
Who Do You Trust? Building a “TrustScore” for Savings Groups
DreamStart Labs explores how to incorporate member-driven assessments into credit scoring through their app.
By Philip Acton, DreamStart Labs
FinDev Blog
Sharing the Risk: “Micro Equity” for Savings Groups
DreamStart Labs is re-thinking assumptions about how to design solutions for people in emerging economies, starting with a new product which aims to distribute risks more fairly.
By Philip Acton, DreamStart Labs
FinDev Blog
How Long Should It Take to Build a Home?
Housing microfinance product innovations could help more families finish their homes and improve the overall customer experience.
By Jitendra Balani, Farzana Bijur, Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter
FinDev Blog
Detecting Borrower Distress
There is an urgent need in India and globally to design policies to prevent over-indebtedness. But first, it must be measured. A new framework for monitoring credit markets proposes how.
By Dwijaraj Bhattacharya, Dvara Research
FinDev Blog
Freedom on Wheels – A Ride to Economic Empowerment
How motorcycle loans could help women banking agents in India bring financial inclusion to remote and vulnerable populations.
By Seema Prem, Aiswarya Chandrashekar, FIA Global
FinDev Blog
Do Flexible Loans Improve Access to Agricultural Credit?
Results from a recent survey in Kenya question the impact of flexible loan terms on how much credit smallholder farmers take up. But the issue may be that loans were still not flexible enough.
By Fredrick Onyango Odhiambo