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M-KOPA is a leading African FinTech that provides smartphone financing and digital financial services to underserved customers. Customers have different...
Market diagnostic of the affordable housing and housing finance market in Indonesia
Indonesia’s affordable housing finance market requires stronger financial institution capacity and suitable financing mechanisms to expand access to affordable housing....
Strengthening institutional capacity and civil society leadership to address extreme heat in Cambodia and Vietnam
Extreme heat poses a growing climate risk in cities, yet these urban centers in low- and middle-income countries often lack...
Digital payments economy and its uptake among street vendors under the PM SVANidhi program
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the Prime Minister’s Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) program in...
Beyond traditional surveys: A new methodological pathway for measuring financial inclusion in Laos
Lao PDR last collected demand-side financial inclusion data in 2014-15 through FinScope. Traditional surveys are costly and difficult to conduct...
Harnessing satellite data and AI to strengthen agricultural intelligence in Bihar
Agriculture in Bihar faces a range of uncertainties. For smallholder farmers, unpredictable weather, fragmented agricultural services, and limited access to...
Expanding rural MSME credit: The SIDBI–RRB co-lending initiative
Access to timely and affordable formal credit remains a challenge for many micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in rural...
Operationalization of an AI Sandbox for responsible AI adoption across public-sector departments in Haryana
Artificial intelligence (AI) can help governments improve public services. Yet, its use in public systems requires more than promising technology....
