All Publications
Lending to Cash-in Cash-out (Cico) Agents
This report focuses on the agent lending landscape in nine low- and middle-income countries that represent mature and evolving markets to provide insights into the larger global opportunity.
Next Generation G2P Payments: Building Blocks of a Modern G2P Architecture
This report provides a framework for a modern G2P payments architecture which can support long-term development outcomes through the digitalization of G2P payments laying out a path to a better, recipient-centered G2P system.
Remote Coaching to Prevent Dormancy Among Low-Income Savers
Research findings from Uganda sharing results from qualitative interviews with women who report greater sense of trust and relationship with the bank and improved saving behavior as a result of coaching.
Responsible Finance in the Cocoa Supply Chain in Côte d’Ivoire: The Leverage Role of the Financial Sector in Eliminating Child Labour
This brief assesses the responsibility of financial sector actors in eliminating child labor in the cocoa supply chain in Côte d’Ivoire.
Scaling up Access to Finance in Kigoma, Tanzania
This study shares lessons learned in building financial and digital capability while introducing agricultural technology interventions to savings groups through the UN Kigoma Joint Program.
The Financial Inclusion Compass 2022
This publication is based on a survey (May and June 2022), giving practitioners, funders, researchers, and support service providers the opportunity to evaluate and describe the importance of various current trends as well as rate and opine on future priority areas.
A Brief Introduction to WASH For Impact Investors
This paper introduces the publication of the "Handbook on WASH for Impact Investors", a comprehensive document based on thorough secondary research and interviews with key stakeholders.
A Handbook on WASH for Impact Investors - Part I
Part I of the Handbook aims to improve awareness about the sector and its linkage with the Sustainable Development Goals.
A Handbook on WASH for Impact Investors - Part II
This publication focuses on WASH economy, drawing attention to the existing funding gap, identifying challenges and preconceived ideas about investing in WASH projects and advancing solutions to tackle the identified challenges.
Agent Networks at the Last Mile: Implications for Financial Regulators
This reading deck for regulators shows how expanding rural Cash-in/Cash-out (CICO) agent networks is key to ensuring more inclusive digital financial systems, illustrates industry innovations that are making rural CICO more viable and presents a set of regulatory considerations that can enable such innovations within a stable financial system.