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MicroSave Consulting or MSC is the world’s local expert in financial, economic, and social inclusion in the digital age. We work with participants in digital ecosystems to drive the agenda of inclusion for everyone.
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Event: Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana Achievements and implications on gender and the SDGs, and the way forward
To commemorate International Women’s Day, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), in partnership with MSC (MicroSave Consulting), is organizing a workshop on “Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana: Achievements and implications on gender and the SDGs, and the way forward”. The workshop will be hosted at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on March 6, 2020
Feb 27, 2020
Digital financial inclusion for rural women of Bangladesh
With the rise of digital financial services, the gender gap in access to formal financial services has narrowed by the day. Digitization of the Primary Education Stipend Program (PESP) is one of the many examples where the Government of Bangladesh has used DFS to increase women’s access to financial services.
Feb 10, 2020
Merchants and digital payments in Bangladesh
The micro and small merchants of Bangladesh can help ensure greater financial inclusion by accepting digital payments and using these funds to make further payments to their suppliers.
Feb 10, 2020
Social Safety Net (SSN) finds a new highway to reach beneficiaries in Bangladesh
Digitization of the Social Safety Net program has helped resolve the woes of millions of economically vulnerable and socially and physically disadvantaged people in Bangladesh. It ensured that they receive payments in full and on time along with the option to access other financial services through agent banking.
Feb 10, 2020
Mobile Money is improving the financial health of people in Bangladesh
For the underserved populations of rural Bangladesh, mobile financial services promise to be the gateway to full-fledged financial services in the future.
Feb 10, 2020
NITI Aayog continues the collaboration with MSC for financial inclusion under the Transformation of Aspirational Districts Programme
MSC inked the renewal of our collaboration with the NITI Aayog. Under this, we will continue to provide technical assistance for the “Transformation of Aspirational Districts Programme (TADP)” to enhance financial inclusion.
Feb 7, 2020
CICO Economics in Indonesia
MSC and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) conducted a study on the economics of Cash-In/Cash-Out (CICO) agent networks in Indonesia. The objective of this study was to generate actionable insights to build more sustainable CICO networks in a country that has over a million agents from both banks and non-banking organizations.
Dec 6, 2019
First insights: Landscape of Climate and Disaster Risk Insurance (CDRI) in Asia and the Pacific
The report presents an analysis of the current status of climate and disaster risk insurance (CDRI) in the Asia Pacific region with a greater focus on four key markets of Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam because of their high vulnerability to disasters
Nov 4, 2019