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September 26, 2023
Bridging the Gender Gap: How Fintechs Drive Financial Inclusion
Fintech companies are reshaping the way we interact with money and financial services, and their impact goes beyond just convenience and efficiency
September 26, 2023
Building a Globally Connected & Locally Rooted Philanthropic Strategy
How can multinational corporate foundations develop an equity-centered, philanthropic strategy that is grounded in local context and communities while still being connected to a global theory of change?
September 26, 2023
4 Things We’ve Learned from the 60dB Farmer Benchmarks
93 projects. 18,000+ farmers. 19 countries. Our Farmer Benchmarks are the sector’s first performance benchmarks to help companies contextualize and understand their impact.
September 26, 2023
‘Responsible Finance’ is Not Responsible if it’s Not Gender-Intentional
Reflecting on conversations from the 2023 RFF event, CFI’s Advisory Council member Joanna Ledgerwood writes about why DFS risks are greater for women and what is needed for addressing and preventing these risks to increase women’s digital inclusion
June 13, 2023
Tackling Digital and Financial Exclusion: Women Vendors Raising Themselves Out of Poverty with Social Media Marketing
Women micro-entrepreneurs in Nairobi’s informal settlements struggle to get online and access the credit they need
June 13, 2023
Charging Forward: Piloting a New Approach to Backup Power in Sub-Saharan Africa
How will the fusion of technology and innovation shape the future of energy in developing nations? As we inch closer to a world powered by renewable energy
June 13, 2023
Feeding Africa: how small-scale irrigation can help farmers to change the game
Unlike large-acreage government irrigation schemes, small-scale irrigation is typically farmer led. Farmers decide what technologies to use to extract water, be it manual lifting or solar water pumps
June 13, 2023
Inclusive Finance and Extreme Heat: How Small Loans and Parametric Insurance Can Help Vulnerable Populations Manage Through Deadly Heat Waves
Last year, temperatures were at an all-time high in India. CFI’s Howard Miller highlights the negative impacts of extreme heat on households in India
June 13, 2023
A DIY Approach to M&E: Four Tips to Overcome the Complexities of Monitoring and Evaluation
Most social enterprises and non-profit organizations recognize that high-quality data and evidence can help them make better decisions, improve performance, attract more funding, and understand
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06 Key Lessons for informing policy decisions: Mainstreaming tribal-specific climate adaptive capacities in vulnerable coastal regions within National Action Plan on Climate Change
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Five Key Lessons for Policy Consideration: Scaling Climate Action Programs for Landless Rural Communities in Semi-Arid Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin in South Asia
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GST 2.0 and Tax Cuts: Can They Make Growth Fairer and Greener?
India's latest GST reform, being termed as GST 2.0, is more than just slashing rates. By simplifying the tax structure, cutting levies on essentials, and supporting renewable infrastructure, it's open..
Reimagining Sports in CSR: From Tokenism to a Vehicle for Multiplying Impact
In 2023–24, Indian companies spent about ₹1,396 crore of their CSR budgets on sports — just 4% of the total ₹34,909 crore Indian corporates spent on CSR that year. Most of the rest went to edu..
Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
Under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), India has 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) spread across 27 states and 6 Union Territories. Each of these small, self-governed, and peer-co..