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Weak banks must handle mergers carefully, as these can adversely impact low-income customers in rural and urban areas who have recently started to access formal financial services. Read the article to learn more.
This blog explores the role of embedded finance in enhancing financial inclusion for women informal workers in Indonesia. It highlights how digital platforms like Gojek and Grab help boost digital financial services (DFS) adoption and offers recommendations to design gender-sensitive embedded finance solutions for greater impact.
In this blog, we explore innovative financing solutions, housing support services, policy recommendations, and practical steps that stakeholders can take to promote affordable housing in Kenya.
In this blog we explore green financing mechanisms that can help bridge Africa’s massive housing deficit and simultaneously promote sustainability and climate resilience.
Climate change demands urgent action. As per a World Bank report, 80% of the global population most at risk from crop failures and hunger from climate change are in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Crop production in South Asia is expected to decrease by 30% by the end of this century. This blog identifies digitally-enabled locally-led adaptation as a key solution to combat the devastating impact of climate change. Read on to learn why we must accelerate the development, financing, and implementation of locally-led adaptation plans and how digital technologies can scale up such LLA initiatives.
This blog charts MSC’s 25-year journey in India as we trace its roots to the founder’s fascination with the country back in 1989. It delves into the evolution of financial inclusion models in India, MSC’s involvement in various microfinance initiatives since 2005, and its pivotal role in the adaptation to the changing landscape of digital financial inclusion. The blog highlights MSC’s contributions across various sectors, such as technology, agriculture, health, and education. It emphasizes the organization’s socioeconomic impact, as evidenced by the reduction in multidimensional poverty.