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Business Her Own Way: Creating Livelihoods Through Informal Online Commerce

This Focus Note outlines the characteristics of informal online commerce (IOC), maps the personas of the women who engage in it, and provides guidance to funders looking to support women to generate livelihoods through IOC.

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Green Delta, Bangladesh – The Case for Insuring Women for a Better Tomorrow

This case study showcases the business case for women's insurance in Bangladesh.

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Lessons from Farming Households: Agricultural Decision Making and Shifting Social Norms for Women’s Economic Empowerment

What are the operational implications for encouraging greater engagement of women in agriculture and finance?
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Gender Role and Individual Modernity: An Exploratory Study in Microfinance and Gender Role Transformation

Discussing the impact of microfinance on individual modernity of women clients
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Effect of Microfinance Operations on Poor Rural Households and the Status of Women

Evaluating impact of microfinance projects
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Microfinance and Female Empowerment

Empowering women through the adoption of high productivity informal activities
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We Were In Fire, Now We Are In Water: Micro-Credit and Gender Relations in Rural Bangladesh

The role of microcredit in empowering women
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Does Micro-credit Empower Women?: Evidence from Bangladesh

How can credit be a gender sensitive and social equity tool?
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Integrating Gender Policy in Microfinance: Community Development Centre (CODEC), Bangladesh

Can gender policy be integrated with microfinance without sacrificing financial sustainability?
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Evidence on the Social and Economic Impact of Grameen Bank and BRAC on the Poor in Bangladesh

Assessing economic, social and political impact of microcredit programs