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How Cash Transfers Contribute to Addressing People's Essential Needs, Including Food Security, While Promoting Financial Inclusion

Author: Ayako Iba. In the latest in our guest blogs on the topic of the European Microfinance Award 2023 – Inclusive Finance for Food...

Sep 12, 2023

Market-Based Approaches and Fiscal Measures Can Best Address Food Security & Nutrition

Author: Hans Ramm. In the latest of our guest blogs on the topic of the European Microfinance Award 2023 – Inclusive Finance for Food...

Jul 6, 2023

Towards Effective Financial Inclusion of Refugees: Applying the Financial Health Framework

Author: Swati M. Dhawan. On World Refugee Day, we are happy to share with you the first in our series of guest blogs dedicated to the...

Jun 20, 2023

Unaddressed & Unacceptable Sacrifices: The Role of Financial Services for Food Security & Nutrition

Author: Bobbi Gray. Next up in our series of guest blogs on the topic of the European Microfinance Award 2023 – Inclusive Finance for...

May 9, 2023

How Inclusive Finance Can Play a Vital Role in Food Security & Nutrition

Author: Myka Reinsch Sinclair. Kicking off a series of guest blogs on the topic of the European Microfinance Award 2023 – Inclusive...

Mar 14, 2023

Leveraging the Power and Progress of Women’s Financial Inclusion to Tackle Global Challenges

Author: Myka Reinsch Sinclair. In the fifth in a series of blog contributions throughout the year to complement the European Microfinance...

Oct 13, 2022

Coming Forward: The Role of Mobile Money Agents in Driving Women’s Financial Inclusion

Authors: Bobbi Gray & Piyush Singh. In the fourth in a series of blog contributions throughout the year to complement the European...

Sep 29, 2022

Women-Centered Design: Making Financial Products and Services Work for Women

Author: Marina Dimova. In the third in a series of blog contributions throughout the year to complement the European Microfinance Award...

Sep 13, 2022

Championing the Female Economy: The Advantages, Challenges, and Opportunities

Author: Inez Murray. In the second in a series of blog contributions throughout the year to complement the European Microfinance Award...

Jul 27, 2022

On International Women’s Day – A New Approach for Financial Inclusion for Women

Author: Sally Yacoub. Kicking off a series of blog contributions throughout this year to complement the European Microfinance Award 2022...

Mar 8, 2022

Inclusive Finance & Health Care - What Three of e-MFP’s Members are Doing on the Topic of EMA2021

Author: e-MFP. e-MFP is a member-led platform, and we always want to hear what our members are doing in different fields, to increase...

Sep 27, 2021

Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise Kids: Mitigating the Risk of Child Labor through Health Financing

Authors: Bobbi Gray & Amelia Kuklewicz. Health shocks can lead to failures of businesses, clients leaving their financial service...

Sep 21, 2021

Can a Medical Loan Help Microfinance Clients Tackle a Health Emergency Better? BRAC's experience

Authors: Shams Azad and Rubait-E-Jannat. The third in a series of blog contributions throughout this year to complement the European...

Jul 14, 2021

Hospital Cash: a Game-Changer for Enabling Financial Inclusion in the Post-COVID Economy

Author: Gilles Renouil. The second in a series of blog contributions throughout this year to complement the European Microfinance Award...

May 31, 2021

Five to Thrive! Embedding Health in Financial Services

Authors: Craig Churchill & Lisa Morgan. Kicking off a series of blog contributions throughout this year to complement the European...

Apr 19, 2021

‘The First Wealth is Health’: Exploring the EMA 2021’s Focus on Inclusive Finance & Health Care

Authors: Daniel Rozas & Sam Mendelson Published by NextBillion and re-posted with permission. “The first wealth is health,” wrote Ralph...

Mar 17, 2021

Looking Backwards to Move Forward: What Traditional Ways of Saving in Groups Can Teach Us

Author: Jeff Ashe. Last year the European Microfinance Award focused on “Encouraging Effective and Inclusive Savings.” Several European...

Mar 3, 2021

Bangladesh’s Microsavings Revolution - The Country has Done Well in Savings as well as Credit

Author: Stuart Rutherford. As the European Microfinance Award 2020 on 'Encouraging Effective & Inclusive Savings' moves to its final...

Sep 23, 2020

Exploring Savings: A Short History of Its Origins and Transformation

Author: Hans Dieter Seibel. As the European Microfinance Award 2020 on 'Encouraging Effective & Inclusive Savings' moves to its final...

Sep 3, 2020

A Spotlight on Effective and Inclusive Savings

The following piece originally appeared in NextBillion. “Save money – and money will save you” goes a Jamaican proverb. Variations of...

Mar 16, 2020