Region: Asia

Alvina Zafar, Sunil Bhat, Samveet Sahoo and Zaki Haider

How development partners can enable an inclusive multi-bureau future

Bangladesh's multi-bureau system requires three crucial foundations: Regulators and development partners enforce strong oversight, sequence...
Dec 11, 2025

Alvina Zafar, Abdullah Al-Rafi and Zaki Haider

Bangladesh’s bureau reform turns repayment history into portable assets

Bangladesh’s shift to multiple credit bureaus has emerged as a significant opportunity for stakeholders to...
Dec 8, 2025

Akhand Tiwari and Ayushi Misra

When Risk Models Fail the Vulnerable: A Case for Climate-Responsive...

Approaches to financing must undergo a radical shift. They must move from penalizing the vulnerable...
Nov 28, 2025

Anna Roy, Sonal Jaitly and Vaishnavi Harish Mungale

How a government scheme turned gender intelligence into assets

The Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana proves that gender-intelligent design can empower girls to transition from financial...
Nov 28, 2025

Md Farista Andalib, Ihsan Mahboob Hoq, Nahin Omar and Samveet Sahoo

Deep dive Qualitative report – Impact on microentrepreneurs participating in...

In this report, we examine how digital platforms in Bangladesh influence the country’s microenterprises. These...
Nov 27, 2025

Allina Tiwari, Diganta Nayak, Kushagra Harshavardhan and Vikram Sharma

Building blocks of AgriStack – Crop sown registry

India's Digital Crop Survey and crop sown registry under AgriStack will enable accurate, standardized, and...
Nov 25, 2025