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Making bank accounts work for women: Lessons on designing gender-centric financial services

Reports suggest that two out of three women in PNG face domestic abuse. Due to a lack of formal saving facilities for them, women’s hard-earned money often ends up with their husbands, who usually waste it on gambling or drinking. This blog highlights MiBank’s efforts to bridge the gender gap by introducing gender-centric products.

Dec 8, 2020

Akhand Tiwari and Moinuddin Mohammed

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Dec 8, 2020

Akhand Tiwari and Moinuddin Mohammed

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COVID -19 recovery is likely to fail women- digital financial services can help, if designed well

Response to COVID-19 pandemic needs to be gender transformative so that fundamental gender issues like social norms, access to resources etc are addressed . Can digital solutions help?

Nov 10, 2020

Akhand Tiwari, Sonal Jaitly and Rahul Chatterjee

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Nov 10, 2020

Akhand Tiwari, Sonal Jaitly and Rahul Chatterjee

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What does it take to nudge low- and moderate income(LMI) population segments to adopt DFS

DFS can help increase the use of financial services, catalyze women’s economic empowerment and promote the development of the overall economy. However, the adoption of DFS amongst the LMI, especially women has been limited. Considering the increasing need for digital payments, especially in the wake of restricted mobility that COVID 19 imposes, MSC attempted to understand what it takes to nudge low- and moderate-income (LMI) population segments to adopt DFS.

Nov 9, 2020

Jayana Jain and Saloni Tandon

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Nov 9, 2020

Jayana Jain and Saloni Tandon

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A phone can only do so much: Why mobile access isn’t leading to digital financial service usage among women in India

Despite significant progress in financial inclusion, low-income working women have not been able to derive benefits, even when they receive their wages digitally.

Nov 6, 2020

Akhand Tiwari and James Steady

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Nov 6, 2020

Akhand Tiwari and James Steady

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Opinion | Designing financial products for women

Current financial service models conflate women with ‘family’, considering them merely an avenue to pursue social welfare

Oct 24, 2020

Abhishek Gupta and Akhand Tiwari

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Oct 24, 2020

Abhishek Gupta and Akhand Tiwari

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Gender: The blind spot of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges for governments and citizens around the world, straining health systems, economies, and the very social fabric of nations. This blog explores four potential fallouts of COVID-19 that will create lasting socio-economic impact on women in India and other LMI countries.

Oct 5, 2020

Aakash Mehrotra, Rahul Chatterjee, Saloni Tandon and Sonal Jaitly

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Oct 5, 2020

Aakash Mehrotra, Rahul Chatterjee, Saloni Tandon and Sonal Jaitly

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