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Filter PostsGender Gap Narrowing “Bank Sakhis” Take Crucial G2P Support the Last Mile During COVID-19
Though COVID-19 has presented challenges to their operations, these female banking agents are front line heroes who've also provided a World Bank team with COVID-related, data driven insights.
How Should Investors Coordinate When Time is of the Essence?
With so many cooks in the kitchen, a coordinated COVID-19 response is essential to supporting the needs of base-of-pyramid clients.
Microfinance Coalition: Call to Action for Policymakers
How policymakers can support MFIs and their clients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Microfinance Coalition: Call to Action for Donors
How donors can support MFIs and their clients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stronger Together: Why MIX and the Center for Financial Inclusion are Joining Forces
The CFI-MIX integration is a powerful means to preserve gains both organizations have made for inclusive finance, and to position them to tackle new challenges in a sector going through profound structural change.
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Microfinance Coalition: Call to Action for Investors
How investors can support MFIs and their clients during the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19 Threatens the Microfinance Sector and the Livelihoods of Those We Serve: Building a Coalition for Collective Action
There is no individual action that can address the effects of COVID-19 on the lives and livelihoods of the base of the pyramid (BOP). Collective action is needed.
Q and A: Using Comics for COVID-19 Awareness
MSC opts for a unique approach to creating awareness of the dangers of the virus and precautions that should be taken.
Resilience and the Three Phases of Response
Responsible microfinance offers a tried and tested roadmap for navigating COVID-19. Now is the time to invest in it.
Support for India's Migrants During COVID-19: Navigating Potential Gaps in the System
An overview of measures taken to support vulnerable migrants that highlights potential stumbling blocks and recommendations for ways forward
Mobile Money in Times of Crisis: An Unlikely Hero
In Jordan, mobile money has played a crucial role during COVID-19. Here's how stakeholders have built on existing successes to accelerate its uptake during the pandemic.
A COVID Digitization Stampede Mustn’t Trample Consumer Protection
Governments, multilateral organizations and the private sector are calling for and incentivizing even faster digitization. We must take steps to ensure consumer protection during and after the pandemic.
Diary of a Myanmar-Based, Agri-Focused FSP Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis
Maha has had to adapt to regulatory and government directives, keep lenders reassured and, most importantly, stand by its clients and employees during this difficult time.
Using Data to Elevate the Customer Perspective as FSPs Respond to COVID-19
Customer insights must guide financial service providers' response to the present crisis.
Building Resilience: How to Ensure Women Are Not Left Behind as a Result of COVID-19
Five recommendations for how to equip women with tools from the financial sector to prepare for and mitigate the economic effects of the pandemic.
The Pandemic Will Not Deter Us
How Pro Mujer is adapting to help women be resilient and stay healthy.
"We're Also Making Hand Sanitizer": Kenyan Doctor on COVID-19 Impacts
Dr. Thomas Kirengo, entrepreneur and BLI alum, discusses what he and his team are doing on the frontlines, the economic impacts in Kenya, and how organizations can help stem the spread of the virus.
How Education Lending MFIs Are Responding to COVID-19
Low-fee school owners could struggle mightily with empty classrooms and weak distance learning capabilities. Here’s what Opportunity EduFinance has learned regarding what its education lending partners are doing to help school clients – and themselves – cope.