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Women in Open-air and Cross-Border Trade In Kenya: Insights From the Financial Diaries Research
This report shares findings from a financial diaries research MFC conducted to enhance the quality and usage of digital financial services among female traders in Kenya.
2022 State of the Sector Report: Celebrating 10 Years of Agri-SME Finance
This report draws upon data from the portfolios of 17 financial institutions to share market insights and reflections on 10 years of practitioner collaboration.
Agri-SME Finance: Navigating Volatility in the Wake of the War in Ukraine
This learning brief summarizes the challenges, opportunities, and responses of agri-SMEs, financiers and development partners to the current food crisis.
Assessment of the Implementation and Usage of QRIS Among Small and Micro-Merchants in Indonesia
This study provides analysis and implementation status of Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS) and shares the challenges and opportunities to increase QRIS usage in Indonesia.
Banking in Layers: Five Cases to Illustrate How the Market Structure for Financial Services is Evolving
Exploring the market-level modularization of financial services through case studies featuring new models that are emerging, how they are coming about, and what they mean for the financial inclusion of low-income people in emerging markets and developing economies.
Drivers of Financial Services Innovation
This note presents the innovation drivers and competencies as key to developing innovative financial services that meet customer needs.
Leveraging Digital ID and e-KYC for the Financial Inclusion of Forcibly Displaced Persons: Risks and Opportunities
This report discusses the challenges and bottlenecks preventing the wider adoption of digital ID and e-KYC to advance the financial inclusion of forcibly displaced persons in Rwanda, Mauritania, and Eswatini.
Low-Income Financial Services Market Sizing and Fintech Assessment: Kenya Country Report
This slide deck presents research findings estimating the size of the medium and small enterprise and low-income credit markets in Kenya, and assesses the potential of fintech firms to meet the needs of those markets.
No Small Business: A Segmented Approach to Better Finance for Micro and Small Enterprises
This Focus Note advocates the importance of a segmented approach to addressing micro and small enterprises (MSE) needs and focuses on MSEs with up to 20 employees.
Strategies to Optimize MSME-Centered Supply Chain Finance Solutions: A Study of Ghana, Ethiopia, and Nigeria
Given the urgency of digital transformation to build an inclusive recovery, this paper provides timely insights into how to enable supply chain finance models in three African countries.