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COVID-19: Crisis as Opportunity for Urban Cash Transfers?

Based on a literature review and case studies of various urban cash transfer schemes in response to the COVID-19 crisis, this paper explores the successes and challenges of implementing cash transfers in urban settings in response to a large, covariate shock.

Paper

Evidence Review on the Role of Male Engagement in Women’s Economic Empowerment Programs

This review presents four differ­ent reports which outline key findings and recommendations based on the most effective methods for integrating men in the process of women's empowerment.

Paper

Fintech and Financial Inclusion: A Funders' Guide to Greater Impact

This practical guide, based on two years of global research, describes how development funders can identify promising fintechs and maximize their impact.

Slide Deck

Gender and Cash In / Cash Out (CICO) Networks

This slide deck shows how to apply a gender lens to CICO network development and presents case studies that demonstrate how gender-intentional design works in practice.

Paper

Getting Repaid in Asset Finance: A Guide to Managing Credit Risk

This Technical Guide summarizes the lessons learned from engagements with 15 asset finance companies in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia between 2018 and 2020 and offers suggestions on credit risk management.

Paper

PAYGo PERFORM, Data Collection Pilot

This report presents the findings of a pilot aimed at testing and refining the PAYGo Performance, Reporting and Measurement (PERFORM) key performance indicators.

Paper

Weathering the Storm II: Tales of Survival From Microfinance Crises Past

This publication shares lessons learned from 16 institutions that dealt with crises, framed by a four-part hierarchy of needs: liquidity, confidence, portfolio, and capital.

Paper

Borderless Payments Report

This report provides detailed analysis for cross-border financial service providers to meet evolving consumer and small business needs and expectations.

Guide / Toolkit

Digital Financial Literacy Guideline Note

This guideline note presents key considerations for regulators and policymakers to understand, develop, facilitate policies and design interventions at advancing digital financial education and financial literacy.

Paper

Enabling Women’s Financial Inclusion Through Digital Financial Literacy

This brief helps unpack the different dimensions of digital financial literacy (DFL) and demonstrate why they should not be tackled in isolation as they are very much connected. It includes four case studies of organizations addressing DFL in their work in Cambodia, Bangladesh, and Ghana.