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Could digital cash transfers help tackle gender-based violence?
Digital payments are more efficient and user-friendly. But what many of us proba....
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How women entrepreneurs are growing their small businesses using digitally enabled financial tools
Large sunflowers and vivid roses line the sidewalk in front of Paulina's storefr....
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Adopting a segmentation approach to serve enterprises in Kenya: Insights from the FinAccess Household Survey 2021
We used the FinAccess data to develop a composite score-based index. This index ....
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How are Mobile Money Agents Protecting Customers’ Data in Uganda?
The blog presents findings from a research study commissioned by CGAP in partner....
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How needs-based climate insurance can help communities in the Pacific
When tropical cyclone Gita tore through Tonga in February 2018, not even the saf....
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Access, Understanding and Trust: Breaking Down the Barriers to Women’s Participation in India’s Digital Finance Revolution
The digital gender divide has long occupied international development headlines,....
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Friend or Foe to the World’s Poor? Settling the Microfinance Debate
Since coming into the spotlight in the early 1980s, microfinance has undeniably ....
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Sustaining digital payments growth: Winning models in emerging markets
Digital payment transactions are skyrocketing in emerging markets as innovations....
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Beyond Outreach: Integrating Gender in Business Processes for Financial Inclusion
Inclusive financial institutions (IFINs), such as microfinance lenders, have lon....
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