Drawing on original survey data and focus group discussions with over 800 urban women microentrepreneurs in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa, the study shows that timely and actionable climate information is closely associated with whether a business is able to return to normal operations within a month of a shock.

This study explores how four financial institutions serving diverse populations in Nigeria, Dominican Republic, Brazil and the Philippines are implementing products and solutions to reach the underbanked and support them on the financial inclusion journey toward financial health.

A new BRAC pilot is exploring how rural village waste management systems can help build climate resilience and women’s economic empowerment.

When a breadwinner dies without a plan, their assets frequently go unclaimed or are taken by unintended parties. Low-income families need to be empowered to safeguard the future for the generations that follow.

This slide deck interrogates the paradox of inclusion without resilience. It explores how digital credit products can be redesigned to support long-term financial well-being, especially for women, youth, farmers, and micro-entrepreneurs.

This working paper examines how inclusive finance can address today's evolving food security challenges by unlocking targeted investments in high-impact agricultural value chains that best promote nutritional, sustainability, and livelihood outcomes through agricultural technology (agtech) adoption.

These awards spotlight finfech startups delivering scalable solutions that improve people's financial lives - helping individuals manage daily needs, build resilience to shocks, plan for a secure future, and feel confident about their finances.

This brief demonstrates how developing and strengthening women-focused institutional structures, such as women-led cooperatives, can deliver resilience outcomes and position women as key stakeholders in building climate resilience in their communities.

This Focus Note offers six ‘big ideas’ for how funders of social protection programs can improve delivery of cash transfers in fragile contexts. Leveraging the financial sector for cash transfers improves outcomes for both programs and recipients.

While financial well-being is increasingly treated as the end goal of financial inclusion, we’re still not fully connecting the two concepts. This proposed framework for financial well-being addresses people’s material, psychological and social needs.