Sweeter Prospects for Cocoa Farmers
Cocoa is one of the world’s most prized foods, but the smallholder farmers in Cote d’Ivoire who produce it live in extreme poverty. Formal land ownership can improve their financial outlook.
UNDP Partners With the DFINITY Foundation to Enhance Financial Inclusion of MSMEs
This collaboration underscores a significant step towards enhancing digital trust and financial inclusion for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) globally.
GFSI and the ONDC Network Join Forces to Empower Women and Small Enterprises Through Digital Inclusion
The joint initiative aims to leverage their combined strengths to benefit farmer producer organizations, nano, micro, small, and medium enterprises, Self-Help Groups, women entrepreneurs, start-ups, and similar entities.
Strange Bedfellows? Why Fintechs and MFIs Are Actually the Perfect Match
More than a decade of successful MFI-fintech partnerships have proven that the two can be much more than "frenemies." Here are seven success factors for great partnerships.
Building Radical Financial Confidence Through Inclusive Design
IDEO’s Last Mile Money program proposes new design paradigms for digital finance to center the experience of people living in poverty.
Four Major Challenges Faced by Mobile Money Users in Senegal
As access to digital finance grows, so do the risks. A concrete action plan involving all stakeholders is needed to address them.
Creating Economic Self-Sufficiency through Village Model Micro-Lending
Suzuki Launches $40M Fund in India to Support Social Entrepreneurs
The fund will support and invest in social entrepreneurs working in the fields of agriculture, financial inclusion, supply chain and mobility, with the aim of solving social issues in India through business.
Reassessing Microfinance as a Development Tool
Is it time to rethink our approach to microfinance? In this webinar, our panelists explored this critical question and discussed what needs to change for microfinance to be effectively leveraged as a development tool.