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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.
Women in Rural and Agricultural Livelihoods (WIRAL): Review and Synthesis of Literature and Leading Experience
This document synthesizes research conducted and key learnings to date regarding women in rural and agricultural livelihoods incorporating the work of the five core partners convened to further the WIRAL research agenda.
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.
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.
Towards Responsible Digitization of Merchants in Rural India for COVID-19 Recovery
These 10 recommendations aim to unlock the impact of fintech in merchant digitization, particular for women, and to further India’s progress on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Normative Constraints to Women’s Financial Inclusion: What We Know and What We Need to Know
This paper brings together the evidence of what is known on norms and financial inclusion and uses cases to demonstrate aspects of and approaches to addressing discriminatory norms throughout the financial system.
Understanding Micro- and Small-Growth Entrepreneurs in Vietnam, Pakistan and Peru
This report provides an overview of "the current state of strivers" across these countries with an aim to understand the emerging unmet needs through market assessments.
Building Women’s Financial Capability: A Path Toward Transformation
This publication examines how best to share information, build financial capability and enable lasting behavior change in a context in which women may have limited say in their own economic choices.