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Meet Ivy the Innovator and Charlie the Copycat on Their Journey to Financial Inclusion
Understanding how different consumer behaviors affect adoption rates can help financial inclusion practitioners fine-tune their efforts.
By Vinay Kumar Singh, India Development Foundation
FinDev Blog
Using Data and Machine Learning to Close the Gender Gap in DR Congo
Differences in product awareness show that we need to look deeper at sub-segments among women if we want to achieve equality of financial access.
By Scott Graham, Anahit Tevosyan, FINCA International
FinDev Blog
Locked out of Learning: Addressing the COVID-19 Education Crisis
Private sector investment is needed to support low-cost private schools in low and medium income countries.
By Atul Tandon, Andrew McCusker, Opportunity International
FinDev Blog
Top Ten Publications of 2021
These publications received the most downloads last year. But we want to know, which were your favorites? What did you read in 2021 that influenced how you think about an issue or aspect of financial inclusion?
FinDev Guide
Top Ten Blog Posts of 2021
In 2021, over 40 FinDev community members contributed to our blog on topics ranging from financial health to mobile money to housing finance. What were your favorite blog posts from the past year?
FinDev Interview
How To Keep the Human Touch While Digitizing Agricultural Value Chains
Hedwig Siewertsen of AGRA discusses the different digital solutions for financing agricultural value chains that were shared at African Microfinance Week this year.
FinDev Blog
Shifting Perspectives: From Financial Inclusion to Financial Health of Forcibly Displaced Persons (FDPs)
Three years since the Global Compact on Refugees, financial health remains elusive for most refugees. New research puts forth a financial health framework for measuring progress against the challenges refugees face.
By Linnea Kreibohm, Barri Shorey, Hans-Martin Zademach, Kim Wilson
FinDev Blog
Financial Health and Consumer Protection: Two Frameworks Converging
What do these distinct yet overlapping frameworks have in common and how do they affect each other?
By Eric Duflos, Juan Carlos Izaguirre, CGAP
FinDev Interview
WhatsApp and Algorithms: How to Get Financing to Farmers in East Africa
The founders of Ugandan fintech Emata share how their solution is helping dairy farmers and their cooperatives access finance and manage operations.
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