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Analysis: Building Back Better Means Designing Cash Transfers for Women’s Empowerment
Policymakers around the world are committed to building back better, and that starts by empowering women.
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- Coronavirus
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Analysis: Shielding the Poor From the COVID-19 Pandemic in India
India needs specific safety net schemes in the short term and agricultural interventions in the long term.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
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- Asia Pacific
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Viewpoint: COVID-19 Lockdown: How Digital Lenders Can Contribute To Financial Inclusion in India
By introducing non-traditional sources of credit to a credit-starved population and small businesses, fintech lenders can help people get easy access to capital.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Technology
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Ugandan Ecommerce Platforms Power Recovery From COVID-19 Crisis
David Akanshumbusha sells groceries at a stall in Nakawa market on the outskirts of the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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Viewpoint: The Critical Role of Microfinance Institutions Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) have been critical in providing financial services for these vulnerable people and like their clients, MFIs are negatively affected by the economic impacts of the crisis.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Technology
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- microfinance
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Businesses Working With Slavery Survivors in India Seek Ways To Offset COVID
A trafficking survivor, 35-year-old Chalwadi has been looking for new clients since businesses started reopening as India gradually exited from a 11-week COVID-19 total lockdown, with many restrictions still in place across the country.
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- Coronavirus
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- Asia Pacific
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- philanthropy, startups, tourism
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Here’s How Governments Can Help Mobile Phones Become a Humanitarian Lifeline
As the COVID-19 pandemic strikes poor and vulnerable people all over the world, mobile phones have become a lifeline for many.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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Bank Mitras in India: How Agents of Financial Inclusion Were Neglected During the Pandemic
The bank mitras continue to work without defined working provisions and under inadequate remuneration, observed the AIBEA in a letter addressed to the bankers’ body.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- Asia Pacific