Platform Workers and Financial Services
This deck synthesizes insights from a survey of existing literature and consultations with experts and highlights opportunities and risks for workers as well as gaps in the evidence base around the livelihoods of platform workers.
Impact of Interest Rate Cap on Financial Inclusion in Cambodia
Bank and microfinance supervisory data analysis results show some unintended impact on financial inclusion.
Digital Extension Services Improve Farmer Productivity in Uganda
This case study answers the question of whether digital technologies can act as a catalyst in unlocking market constraints with the sole aim of creating the desired impact among the last mile.
Policy Catalogue on MSME Financing in Africa
This report highlights the current landscape of micro, small and medium enterprises financing policies in Africa and provides recommendations and best-practice examples.
Social Media Usage by Digital Finance Consumers
This project analysis provides insights into the types of consumer protection issues faced by consumers across financial providers in Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda.
Inclusive Digital Agriculture
This report provides evidence of the barriers facing farmers with disabilities in the agricultural value chain in low and middle-income countries, and explores opportunities to support disability inclusion in agriculture through digital tools including digital financial services.
The Impact of Regulation Governance on Financial System Efficiency: The Importance of Consumer Behavior
This study focuses on the value structure that correlates improvements in the financial services consumer’s decision-making quality with the development of their autonomy.
Guideline Note on Data Privacy for Digital Financial Services
The purpose of the Guideline Note is to provide non-binding guidance for a comprehensive, risk-based and proportionate policy and regulatory framework for data privacy for digital financial services.
Weathering the Storm II: Tales of Survival From Microfinance Crises Past
This publication shares lessons learned from 16 institutions that dealt with crises, framed by a four-part hierarchy of needs: liquidity, confidence, portfolio, and capital.
Beyond the Barriers of Affordability: An Analysis of India’s Cooking Fuel Support Program Under the COVID-19 Assistance Package
The objective of the study is to assess various social protection interventions of the central and state governments during COVID-19 and suggest improvements to the programs.