This report presents an investigation into how social norms impact rural women’s and youth’s ability to access and use formal financial products and services in Malawi.

This case study shares extensive recommendations to the trader, its financial investors, the government, and other stakeholders based on the findings. 

This report assesses the impact of mobile money interoperability by considering the economic literature on interoperability more generally and utilizing a case study approach in five mobile money countries: Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda and Tanzania.

This study examines the growing impact of climate induced disaster on the agriculture sector in Malawi and explores financial gaps that could feasibly be filled through climate risk insurance solutions.

This study seeks to understand exactly what risks are most likely to threaten individual districts in Ghana, and to support the future planning of climate adaptation activities.

MSC conducted qualitative research in Kenya, Ghana and Togo and found that Indigenous Financial Services (IFS), such as rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs), informal moneylenders and burial societies play a critical role in driving access to finance for micro and small enterprises (MSEs).

This working paper explores the benefits of having more women agents, the challenges they face, and potential solutions to promote their participation in the DFS ecosystem.

This reading deck puts a spotlight on the specific data trails generated by digitally included yet poor people, the sources of these data trails, and variations of data trails across different segmentations.

Given the urgency of digital transformation to build an inclusive recovery, this paper provides timely insights into how to enable supply chain finance models in three African countries.

This report provides a research summary of two impact evaluations looking at VisionFund´s FAST program – lending to savings groups, to determine if it accomplished its main program objectives.