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Driving Digital Financial Services in Africa Through Merchant Acceptance of Digital Payments
This report analyzes the current digital payment landscape in Africa and offers key recommendations to regulators for developing enabling payment policies that drive innovation.
Agritech and Fintech Providers in East and Southern Africa
This report examines the universe of agritech and fintech providers that influence access to finance for small-scale farmers and agricultural SMEs in East and Southern Africa.
Global Landscape: Data Trails of Digitally Included Poor (DIP) People
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.
The Landscape of Microinsurance 2022
This 34-country microinsurance landscape report tracks the uptake of inclusive insurance products and services in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Scaling up Responsible Digital Payments in the Rwandan Tea Sector
This report proposes an approach for scaling digital payments in the Rwandan tea sector building on the evolving payments ecosystem.
The Gendered Impacts of Index-Insurance on Food-Consumption: Evidence From Southern Ethiopia
This paper evaluates the gendered impact of an index-based livestock insurance product on food consumption among pastoral households in southern Ethiopia.
Digitizing BeninCajù Savings Groups - Final Project Report
This report shares important insights about the benefits of Village Savings and Lending Associations transitioning from paper to digital ledgers using the DreamSave app.
Assessing the State of Youth Financial Inclusion in Developing Contexts
This guide draws primarily from the lessons learned during the realization of a series of assessments on the state of youth financial inclusion in Uganda, Kenya, and Guatemala in 2019 and 2020.
The Role of Mobile Money Providers and Their Agents in Protecting Customers’ Data
This slide deck presents research findings identifying good practices of responsible agents in safeguarding their customers’ data and the role that providers can play in promoting these practices.
Can G2P Unlock Women’s Economic Empowerment? Evidence From Asia and Africa
This slide deck documents MSC's journey of evaluating key government-to-person (G2P) programs across Asia and Africa to understand how G2P payments impact women.