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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.
COVID-19: Crisis as Opportunity for Urban Cash Transfers?
Based on a literature review and case studies of various urban cash transfer schemes in response to the COVID-19 crisis, this paper explores the successes and challenges of implementing cash transfers in urban settings in response to a large, covariate shock.
Debt Relief in the Pandemic: Lessons From India, Peru, and Uganda
Findings from interviews with key stakeholders and review of publicly available survey data and research
Microfinance and COVID-19: Principles for Regulatory Response
Five guiding principles for regulators mitigating the impacts of COVID-19
Preserving Liquidity: Policymaker Responses to COVID-19 and the Impact on Low-Income Customers
Initial lessons learned and suggestions for dealing with the current and future crises
Policy, Regulatory, and Supervisory COVID-19 Responses for Microfinance
Notes examining the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on microfinance
Financial (Dis-)Information: Evidence from a Multi-Country Audit Study
Review of the regulatory environment for low-income households in Ghana, Mexico and Peru
Health Microinsurance: An Inclusive Approach
Developing suitable health financing options for low-income families
Supervision of Banks and Nonbanks Operating through Agents: Practice in Nine Countries and Insights for Supervisors
Review of supervisory practices in countries with large and diverse agent networks