Social and Solidarity Economy: Social Innovation Catalyst in Africa?
The report highlights internal and external factors impacting social and solidarity economy organizations in their social innovation process and presents a set of policy recommendations to unlock their potential.
Turning Crisis Into Opportunity: Advancing Digital Financial Inclusion in Morocco
Increased government-to-person payments help pave the way for a growth in mobile payment accounts
Preserving Liquidity: Policymaker Responses to COVID-19 and the Impact on Low-Income Customers
A Case Study on Connecting With Low-income Customers Through Digitalisation
This case study draws upon management consulting literature to assess digitalization strategies and evaluates three leading financial organizations in Morocco, Kenya and Ghana against this framework.
Policy Framework on MSME Data Collection: A Guide for Gender Inclusive Finance
This Framework provides data collection guidance for MSME and gender inclusive finance, defines an extended set of MSME finance indicators, and shares best practices to advance financial inclusion for MSMEs.
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.
An Opportunity for the Banking Sector to Work With Informal Savings Groups in Morocco
The objective of the research is to conduct a qualitative and quantitative study to identify opportunities related to the launch of a digital tontine offer.
Driving Financial Resilience Through Formal Savings Among the Low-Income Population
Based on customer research in Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, and Uganda, this paper provides a synthesis of findings that help understand to what extent savings allowed customers to increase their financial resilience.
Barriers to Agricultural Finance in Ethiopia
The purpose of this study is to foster a conversation between stakeholders of agri SME-finance for affirming proven approaches and identifying new ones to overcome agri finance barriers.
A Technical Guide to Unlock Agent Networks at the Last Mile
This guide outlines five key actions for digital financial service providers, regulators, and funders to expand rural Cash-In and Cash-Out agent networks based on CGAP's global experience.