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This flipbook shows how distance, terrain, and language complicate access to services in tribal areas. MSC (MicroSave Consulting) addressed these challenges and redesigned service delivery systems for tribal communities through community-led, trust-based, one-stop approaches.
This article opens a two-part sequel on climate-induced displacement and financial inclusion. When disasters strike, families often lose not only their homes but also their bank access, documents, and income overnight. This is the reality for millions like Asha and more than 46,000 people displaced in Tanzania in 2024. While we focus on food and shelter, financial access rarely enters the conversation, even though most displaced people, especially women remain excluded from the systems that could help them rebuild.
Indonesia has achieved near gender parity in financial access, with 80% of men and women now using formal financial services. However, gaps in financial literacy, especially among informal workers and homemakers, persist. To address this, the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection (MoWECP) and MicroSave Consulting (MSC) developed a policy note on women’s financial inclusion to guide Indonesia’s role in the G20 2025 Summit.
In this podcast, MSC’s Inclusive Financial Ecosystem experts, Violet Kamau and Jackson Kamau, discuss how to enhance financial inclusion for forcibly displaced persons (FDPs). They address key barriers, highlight the impact of financial access, and share global lessons on how inclusive financial systems can empower FDPs, also highlighting successful countries that lead the way in inclusion.
India’s low-income, migrant, and unbanked populations have historically struggled with limited access to safe, affordable, and convenient financial services. Traditional banking channels often excluded these groups due to documentation-related barriers, limited reach, and high transaction costs. Against this backdrop, business correspondents and mobile-enabled solutions emerged as a crucial bridge to bring millions of underserved people […]
Under its CSR mandate, Axis Bank partnered with MSC to strengthen financial literacy among low-income communities in India’s underserved regions. The pilot reached 10,000 individuals from the financially excluded segments across two aspirational districts in Bihar and Odisha. MSC led the end-to-end design and execution for this pilot. We conducted a diagnostic study and subsequently […]