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FinDev Blog
How Can We Improve Education with DFS+?
Proposing digital payment solutions to help keep teachers in classrooms in Niger
By Matt Luna, PHB Development
FinDev Interview
Closing the Capacity Gap for Financial Service Providers With e-Learning
Post-webinar interview with Josephine Kibe on the Gateway Academy's new training platform, and how they seek to close the gap between demand and supply in the financial inclusion capacity building market.
FinDev Blog
Does Housing Finance Influence Quality of Construction?
While the number of MFIs offering housing microfinance has increased over the years, there has always been a debate about whether financing actually helps improve construction quality.
By Naeem Razwani, Habitat for Humanity International
FinDev Blog
Women’s Empowerment Indicators
Unlike other data sources, FII data has a dedicated gender module measuring women’s economic empowerment, which aims to assess whether women's access to finance results in empowerment.
By Soham Banerji, CGAP
FinDev Interview
More Than Just a House: Building Sustainable Homes for Rural Communities in Mexico
Interview with European Microfinance Award winner, Cooperativa de Ahorro y Préstamo Tosepantomin, about their sustainable housing program for rural indigenous communities.
FinDev Blog
Sowing Digital Seeds
Given the rapid expansion of digital financial services (DFS) use cases in agriculture, the burning question now is: How can women benefit from these tools at equal rates as men?
By Shelley Spencer, Strategic Impact Advisors, Rachel Sberro-Kessler, World Bank
FinDev Guide
Top Ten Publications of 2017
Presenting the Gateway’s most downloaded library publications from the past year, plus some bonus Editor's Picks. See what others have been reading, and let us know your favorites from 2017!
FinDev Interview
Microfinance for Housing: State of Play
The Gateway sat down with Christoph Pausch, Executive Secretary of e-MFP, to discuss housing finance, the focus of this year's European Microfinance Week, and what we can learn from recent housing finance initiatives.
FinDev Interview
From Diamond Future to Cool Teens to SWAG: Designing Financial Products for Young People
Adaeze Ume of Nigeria’s Diamond Bank talks about how and why Diamond Bank works with young clients, and shares insights on banking youth throughout their lifecycle.
FinDev Interview
The Transformative Role of Insurance in African Agriculture
After their session at European Microfinance Week, Katharine Pulvermacher and Stewart McCulloch discuss challenges and new models for making agricultural insurance more accessible.