Empowerment Begins With Identity
Opening a bank account in many countries is a cumbersome process requiring official documents that women often don't have. Digital ID systems can make this process more accessible and help enable women’s financial inclusion.
Self-Help Group Members as Banking Agents for Deepening Financial Inclusion
This study shares insights from the rural financial institutions program and demonstrates how self help group members as banking agents or customer service points could deliver last mile banking services to the rural community in a cost-effective and sustainable manner.
Gender Implications of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Development and Humanitarian Settings
This brief considers the potential impact of the global pandemic on health, food security and nutrition, and economic well-being of women and girls.
Understanding Women’s Rural Transition and Service Needs
The discussion is based on the recently published Pathways to Prosperity report, and the gender deep dive Understanding Women’s Rural Transition and Service Needs, which highlights specific challenges and barriers that rural women face based on their context and life cycle stage.
Making Agricultural and Climate Risk Insurance Gender Inclusive
On the Way to Reducing the Gender Gap in Latin America
What National Financial Inclusion Strategies have accomplished so far in the region, and what more needs to be done
Gender and Financial Inclusion in Rwanda
The increase in financial inclusion among women in Rwanda is a great achievement, however, there is an opportunity to deepen the financial inclusion of women to pair or even go beyond that of their male counterparts.
Gender-Diverse Agent Networks Foster Channel Activity and Financial Inclusion for Women
This study shares insights from gender-lensed data analytics in the Democratic Republic of Congo.