Resources on social finance
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Article
Financial education: the role of insurance
28 April 2023
When thinking about financial education, topics like savings, managing expenses, budgeting, investing or accessing credit may come to mind. However, insurance is another important, yet complicated financial product, that is worth considering.
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Project
Sustainable investments in African agriculture
10 March 2023
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News
ILO’s Cooperatives, Social and Solidarity Economy Unit and Social Finance Programme co-organize an elective session at the Rural development academy 2021
29 April 2021
ILO’s Cooperatives, Social and Solidarity Economy Unit and Social Finance Programme co-organized an elective on “Sustainable Finance and Cooperatives in Rural Areas” to highlight the role of cooperatives in the rural economy and access to financial services through a range of traditional and emerging financial service providers.
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Social Cash Transfer
Discussion Note on Targeting in Malawi and Implicating for the Future of the Social Cash Transfer
04 March 2016
Given the widespread poverty and vulnerability levels economic targeting of social assistance programmes is deemed to be largely ineffective in Malawi. This discussion note suggests that moving from strict targeting of ultra-poor households towards categorical targeting has the potential to be a more effective and efficient approach to beneficiary selection in Malawi. In a bid to stimulate discussions on the future of the Social Cash Transfer in Malawi, the note presents results from economic simulations of the cost and coverage of the programme under alternative categorical targeting options.
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Publication
Social Finance Working Paper #31: The demand for risk-managing financial services in low-income communities
01 November 2002
Evidence from Zambia