PEER REVIEW: Arab Barometer
The Arab Barometer is a nonpartisan research network, hosted at Princeton University, which provides insight into the social, political, and economic attitudes and values of people across the Arab world. They have been conducting high-quality public opinion surveys since 2006 and make the data publicly available (free of charge) on their website.
Women's Financial Resiliency as it Relates to COVID-19
Crowd-sourced materials on the issue of women's financial resiliency as it relates to COVID-19 or other serious crises. To suggest items please send to FinEquity@cgap.org. Last updated on August 25, 2020. https://www.cgap.org/blog/women-rural-and-agricultural-livelihoods-facing-covid-19
COVID-19: How Is the Pandemic Affecting Your Work and the Clients You Serve?
We invite you to join an open discussion among the global financial inclusion and microfinance community on the effects of this pandemic and how organizations are preparing to deal with it.
The Myth of Digital Credit as a Catalyst for Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
A review of the top 20 digital credit companies in the country reveals that regulation is sorely needed.
Improving the Financial Health of Micro-Entrepreneurs
Long-term, personalized support is needed to achieve the behavioral change necessary for most micro-entrepreneurs’ financial health.
COVID-19 FinDev Weekly Update #2
A roundup of the most relevant coronavirus-related news, resources and events from the past week, carefully curated by FinDev editors for the microfinance and financial inclusion community.
COVID-19: Why Policymakers Need A Gender-focused Approach for Health and Economic Recovery
Based on the evidence thus far, the global pandemic has the potential to deal a one-two punch: a major global health crisis and a global economic crisis that will persist well after the slowing down of the immediate health emergency. While these shocks affect everyone, women - who comprise 1.5 billion of the world’s low-wage workers and twice as many of its carers - may be particularly vulnerable to the economic and health crises that unfold in the wake of COVID-19.
Three Principles to Help Financial Cooperatives Weather the COVID-19 Storm
What can financial cooperatives and their supervisors do to manage the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic?
Why Does She Behave the Way She Does? - Key Takeaways from the Tools Workshop
Participants of FinEquity’s inaugural Tools Workshop “Why does she behave the way she does? - Using Personas to unpack gendered social norms for financial inclusion" learned how to develop social norms-informed Personas through a series of hands-on exercises.
FinEquity's March 2021 Newsletter
This month we bring you a list of key publications on women's financial inclusion and economic empowerment compiled with FinDev Gateway as well as blogs on the digital gender divide and the key takeaways from our first Tools Workshop.