Resources on social finance
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Publication
Social Finance Brief: Financial services to enhance resilience
13 November 2023
Banks, credit unions and microfinance institutions can boost the resilience and create a brighter future for vulnerable communities through innovative solutions. This brief explores in more detail such comprehensive services, including savings, insurance, emergency loans and financial education.
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Gender and financial inclusion
06 March 2020
In many societies, women face discrimination and are disproportionately vulnerable. Unequal gender roles have implications for the most basic aspects of self-determination, dignity and freedom, which in turn influence financial inclusion - or lack thereof.
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Social Finance Working Paper #65: Microcredit in France
02 May 2016
What impact does it have on employment?
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Social Finance Working Paper #57: Microfinance and job creation
14 November 2014
A social performance assessment of a new loan delivery mechanism, Bai Tushum Kyrgyzstan
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Making Microfinance Work: Managing Product Diversification
05 December 2011
This textbook, designed for middle and senior managers in microfinance institutions, is relevant for institutions that have already diversified and are looking for ways to manage their diversification more effectively as well as those that have not yet done so and are looking for guidance on where and how to begin. This second volume builds on the highly acclaimed "Making Microfinance Work: Managing for Improved Performance".
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Project documentation
MF4DW: Newsflash August 2012
15 November 2011
MF4DW Project Newsletter
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Project documentation
Conference Report: MF4DW Closing Workshop Dead Sea, Jordan
15 November 2011