Connecting the World's Poorest People to the Global Economy: New Models for Linking Informal Savings Groups to Formal Financial Services
Microfinance Clients Facing the COVID-19 Crisis: From Findings to Action for MFIs
This publication presents the main results of MFI client surveys in seven countries (Bhutan, Myanmar, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Cape Verde and El Salvador), as well as the concrete measures taken by MFIs to meet the needs expressed by their clients.
Financing Small Scale Farmers Commercially
The Digital Lives of Refugees: How Displaced Populations Use Mobile Phones and What Gets in the Way
Lessons from Farming Households: Agricultural Decision Making and Shifting Social Norms for Women’s Economic Empowerment
The Value of Pay-As-You-Go Solar for Mobile Operators
Remote Data Collection During the Time of COVID-19: Lessons from Rwanda
Examples, lessons and challenges associated with remote data collection
Sharing the Risk: “Micro Equity” for Savings Groups
DreamStart Labs is re-thinking assumptions about how to design solutions for people in emerging economies, starting with a new product which aims to distribute risks more fairly.
What Do Microfinance Clients Need to Adapt to Climate Change?
In the first post of the FinDev Blog Series on Climate Change and Financial Inclusion, we explore insights from Rwandan smallholder farmers on building climate resilience through microfinance.
COVID-19 Gendered Impacts on Livelihoods in Africa: A new Sex Disaggregated Data Set for SSA
Members of FinMark Trust present the methodology behind their COVID-19 tracker and share initial insights on the impact of COVID-19 on women’s resilience and economic participation in selected sub-Saharan African countries.