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Enhancing resilience of smallholder farmers against climate change—can parametric agricultural insurance make a difference?

Parametric insurance solutions can offer smallholder farmers in developing countries an accessible, reliable, and affordable way to protect themselves. A multi-stakeholder approach is needed to make these solutions work for smallholder farmers, supported by catalytic capital for their development and scale-up.

Jan 27, 2023

Partha Ghosh and Puneet Chopra

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Jan 27, 2023

Partha Ghosh and Puneet Chopra

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Women business diaries: Unpacking a 360-degree view of women-run businesses in Bangladesh

This blog introduces the Women Business Diaries research in Bangladesh and explains how this research will unpack a 360-degree view of women business owners.

Jan 16, 2023

Rahul Chatterjee and Akhand Tiwari

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Jan 16, 2023

Rahul Chatterjee and Akhand Tiwari

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Transitioning the informal economy to a formal one

Developing countries often prioritize the formalization of enterprises in their MSME development policies. The benefits of formalization include increased access to credit, higher productivity, and better social protection, while governments gain from a higher tax base. However, informality continues to persist despite these apparent benefits. This blog stresses on the need to modulate our approach to formalization of the informal economy and explores three principles on how the digital economy can enable this process.

Jan 16, 2023

Lenny Nurharyanti Rosalin, Manoj Nayak and Rhifa Ayudhia

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Designing adaptive worker protections for the digital economy

The rapid digitization of work in the informal economy offers an opportunity to increase women’s participation in the labor force. However, women continue to grapple with a disproportionate burden of unpaid work at home. Thus, any tangible increase in women’s participation in the labor market will call for adequate social protections that reduce this burden. This blog discusses the importance of reimagining the social protection architecture for the digital economy.

Jan 13, 2023

Lenny Nurharyanti Rosalin, Manoj Nayak and Rhifa Ayudhia

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Jan 13, 2023

Lenny Nurharyanti Rosalin, Manoj Nayak and Rhifa Ayudhia

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Top MSC blogs of 2022

In 2022, MSC focused on several sectors, including MSMEs, agriculture, microfinance, gender, youth, climate change, and digital finance. Most of our work revolved around using digital payments to arm people from the low- and moderate-income (LMI) segment and build their resilience. We are delighted to reshare our most-read blogs in 2022.

Dec 23, 2022

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Dec 23, 2022

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Highlights of the webinar on “Financial Diaries research and it’s future

Timestamps of the webinar conducted on 8th December, 2022, on the topic “Financial Diaries research and it’s future”. See the time stamps below for a better viewing experience.

Dec 20, 2022

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