Karandaaz Joins Hands With FINCA Microfinance Bank to Enable Financial Inclusion of Women
Under this agreement, Karandaaz has committed a grant to FINCA Microfinance Bank Pakistan for initiating and running an exploration program that will help FINCA design gender-sensitive products and communication strategy with the aim of reducing the gender gap.
The Path to Financial Inclusion Must Include Saving in Small Groups
The sector needs to transition from the idea that financial inclusion means borrowing (and sometimes saving) in a financial institution and give more power to informal savings through the millions of groups that already exist.
DBT Diagnostic Study: Female Beneficiaries' Experience of Receiving DBT
This slide deck reveals evidence from India on female beneficiaries' experience of receiving government-to-person (direct benefit transfer) payment.
Responsible Digitization of Small Entrepreneurs in Rural India
This report presents key insights and opportunities from Hindustan Unilever Limited’s business-to-business Shakti digitization program to implement the UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments and build scale.
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Agent Gender Matters… for Customers
The second blog in this two-part series on agent gender looks at evidence on the effectiveness of women agents in cash-in cash-out (CICO) networks for women's financial inclusion.
How Do Digital Remittances Contribute to Women’s Financial Health?
Results from a UNCDF survey make clear the need for more gender-smart and migrant-centric remittance products.
Microfinance Institutions Network Launches TVC for Backing Low-Income Women Groups
The campaign tagline aims to communicate how the microfinance industry in India has all along been actively supportive of income-generating trade activity, by low-income financially excluded women across the country.
Agent Gender Matters
While there is growing evidence of a positive relationship between cash-in cash-out (CICO) network quality and gender inclusiveness, there is still an ongoing debate about whether the gender of the agent matters for business performance and for women’s financial inclusion.
African Development Bank and African Guarantee Fund Sign $110 Million Agreement With Tanzania’s CRDB Bank to Boost Access to Finance by Women’s SMEs
The bouquet of financing will enable CRDB to significantly impact the socio-economic growth of the region by empowering small businesses, especially women, and unleashing their full potential.