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provides a status of financial inclusion and access to finance in Ghana, along with a review of banking and microfinance …Ghana has low levels of financial inclusion of individuals and access to finance for firms remains a major challenge … conducted in cash. Mobile banking in Ghana is at a nascent stage with only 13 percent of adults having a mobile account and the …
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Ghana's real gross domestic product (GDP) expanded in 2018, albeit at a slower rate than in 2017; the expansion was … reserves. The financial sector in Ghana has grown rapidly since 2010, and with it the share of Ghanaians with access to formal … economic update concludes with five specific recommendations for enhancing financial inclusion in Ghana: digitize government …
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Over the past few years, Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Iraq have emerged as credible sources of financing for low …-income households and entrepreneurs, both underserved by conventional banks. Microfinance services in Iraq, however, are still nascent … currently obstructed by regulatory hurdles. This diagnostic report aims to present and assess the current microfinance landscape …
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The Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) has been active in Bangladesh since 2012. In 2013, they convened stakeholder consultations to develop and launch the Bangladesh Country Action Plan for Clean Cookstoves (CAP) led by the Power Division of the government's Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral...
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This report was commissioned by the World Bank Group's (WBG) financial inclusion support framework program, with financial support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and with technical support from the East African Business Council...
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This report provides a baseline analysis of the status of access to finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) with a particular focus on women entrepreneur' ability and constraints in accessing finance in order to develop and grow their businesses. It is based on a...
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The report analyzes the status of the Nigerian Microfinance Banks (MFBs) sector and aims to identify and address the … microfinance market development, such as funding constraints or gaps in financial infrastructure. While important these factors are … about factors such as their business model, governance, funding, and client base. The Microfinance Policy, Regulatory and …
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to several policy interventions in Pakistan over the past decade and a half, including the promotion of microfinance, the …
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In this note authors explore the many ways that adults in the Maldives are using digital payment services through mobile phones, the internet, and bank accounts. The authors also explore savings habits and outline opportunities to use digital technology to bring financial services to adults who...
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