All Publications
COVID-19 and Fintechs in Bangladesh—Impact and Resilience
This collaborative fintech landscape study aims to understand the impact of the pandemic and resilience of the fintech ecosystem across Bangladesh.
Financial Literacy and Consumer Financial Well-being in Ghana: Any Nexus With Economic Stability?
This study makes an effort to establish a link between financial literacy and consumer financial stability and their impact on macroeconomic stability.
Investing in Fintech for Greater Financial Inclusion
This publication looks at the evolution of the fintech industry and explores how fintech can be a tool for greater financial inclusion in emerging and developing markets.
Why a Segmentation Strategy Matters for Serving the Women’s Market
This paper explores the needs and preferences of specific women’s market segments as well as tries to understand how a segmentation strategy can support banks to better serve different women segments.
Within Reach: How Digital Wages That Work for Women Can Support Bangladesh’s Economic Future
This report shares HERproject’s experience of supporting 70 garment factories in Bangladesh, with a combined workforce of around 170,000, majority women, to digitize their wages.
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.
Determinants of Financial Well-Being: Evidence from Latin America
This paper provides a baseline measurement of financial well-being in Latin America and studies the factors associated with it.
Gender-Smart Investing in MENA
The goal of this Brief is to catalyze discussion and action across gender-smart investing practitioners, Egyptian firms and impact investors.
Leveraging Customer Complaints Data to Monitor Consumer Protection in Mobile Services in Uganda
This report summarizes the key findings and recommendations from IPA's work with the Uganda Communications Commission analyzing complaint records of mobile financial services users.
Measuring Financial Health: Concepts and Considerations
This note provides financial sector policymakers with a discussion of the technical concepts relevant to financial health measurement. The purpose is to explain and demystify the various approaches for a non-technical audience, drawing on existing experiences and the state of the art.