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Index Insurance Best Practices for Insurance Regulators and Practitioners in the Pacific Island Countries
The goal of these best practice guidelines is to build the capacities of insurance supervisors and regulators to create enabling market conditions for successful inclusive insurance interventions.
Informed Design: A Case Study Series (Lucy)
The second installment in a new case study series from FinEquity on informed design and digital financial services (DFS). This study examines product and service design by Lucy, a neobank for entrepreneurial women—specifically Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore—providing DFS and business-building tools and training through a mobile app to help them start and grow their businesses.
Beneficiary Experience of Digital Government-to-Person (G2P) Payments in Bangladesh, Colombia, and the Philippines
This study explores consumers' experience with digital cash transfers, and supports policy recommendations to improve the effectiveness of G2P payments and future financial inclusion.
Catalyzing Innovation for Women Entrepreneurs
This research, focusing on 328 women entrepreneurs in Samoa, Cambodia and Fiji, explores the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in accessing and using financing at different stages of their enterprise journey.
Beyond Wage Digitization: Financial Capability and Economic Empowerment of Cambodian Women Migrant Workers
Findings from a survey of 2,781 participants providing an analysis of the levels of financial awareness, financial behaviors, and economic empowerment of women factory workers in Cambodia.
Malayan Insurance, Philippines – The Case for Insuring Women for a Better Tomorrow
This case study showcases the business case for women's insurance in the Philippines.
Women & Money: Insights and a Path to Close the Gender Gap
This paper presents research findings on the key challenges women face in accessing digital financial services and the design opportunities for the financial sector, policymakers and regulators, the philanthropic sector, NGOs, and designers everywhere.
Digital Financial Literacy for ASEAN Policy Note
The objective of this policy note is to identify and explore current practices in the implementation of digital financial literacy in the national context and provide best practices and recommendations to AFI members.
The Opportunity for Digital and E-commerce Payments in the Pacific Region
This paper explores challenges and opportunities for digital and e-commerce payments in the Pacific Region. Findings from this study are utilized to plan and implement activities that help in enabling inclusive digital economies in the Pacific.
Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Potential Response to the Financial Inclusion Challenges of the Pacific
This policy brief considers whether central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) can promote the accessibility of financial services across the Pacific islands and the design choices involved in their development.