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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.
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How to Bring More Women into Mobile Money

To improve the user experience of mobile money smartphone apps and help overcome barriers for women, GRID Impact uses human-centered design - creating solutions with women, not just for women.
FinDev Interview

Should We Be Talking About Financial Health Instead of Inclusion?

Carrie Creasey shares why MetLife Foundation has shifted its focus to financial health - a concept that can tell us a lot more than financial inclusion can about how people's use of financial tools impacts their lives.
FinDev Interview

What Are the Funding Gaps in Housing Microfinance?

In this Gateway interview, Sandra Prieto and Laura Hemrika tell us what they expect from their panel session at European Microfinance Week, and provide insights about the importance of funding for housing microfinance.
FinDev Blog

Why Sistema.bio Decided to Forego MFI Partnerships

After considering partnering with MFIs for a new asset-based financing program, the biogas system producer realized they'd be better off creating their own program. Here they share their experiences and lessons learned.
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Four Challenges for Shifting from MFI to SME Finance

Lessons learned at African Microfinance Week on effective tools for moving into this customer segment in Africa.
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Financial Inclusion Measurement Goes Mobile

Technology is remaking the financial system every couple of years, and Global Findex is adapting accordingly. Check out this sneak peak of new data to be released in April 2018 with questions on mobile and internet usage.
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How MFIs Respond When Crisis Hits

Ahead of the 7th Annual Central Asian & Caucasus Microfinance Forum, Zinaida Vasilenko shares responsAbility's analysis of the impact of a regional crisis on MFIs and the market outlook going forward.
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Making the Gender Gap Visible

Parsing through mountains of financial inclusion data to find meaningful patterns to advance women’s financial inclusion is overwhelming. CGAP’s Women’s Financial Inclusion Community of Practice guides you through the data.
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To Help Youth Succeed Financially, We Have to Hear Them Out First

Opening doors to economic opportunity requires keys. But how often do we pause to ask our young people about what keys they need to succeed? Citi Foundation did just this in their Global Youth Survey.