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Product Development
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The success of the health microinsurance product "Caregiver" has inspired Women’s World Banking to begin plans to replicate the product in other markets within its global network.
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This publication is a guide for deposit-taking institutions in any stage of youth savings program development––from those simply exploring the possibility of introducing youth savings, to those already offering youth products but looking for new ideas and strategies to improve performance.
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This paper summarizes the early evaluation of girls’ savings projects which suggests that increased savings is associated with a number of positive outcomes including higher educational aspirations and attainment at both the secondary and tertiary levels.
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Introduces the ground-breaking work that Women’s World Banking has done on developing microinsurance programs tailored to the unique needs of women.
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The article highlights the current state of microfinance in Africa and the tremendous growth opportunities to provide a variety of financial services to low-income people.
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This paper outlines the steps that microfinance providers must take to expand responsively and sustainably into rural areas.
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In the early stages of microlending, microfinance institutions (MFIs) developed group-based lending methodologies that lent very small amounts of money—less than US$100—to a large numbers of poor clients.
Bylines & Collaborations
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The purpose of this publication is to contribute to the microfinance sector’s collective knowledge base by sharing examples of promising youth financial inclusion programs around the world and the lessons emerging from them.
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Women's World Banking is profiled in the 2011 Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances in a section titled Measuring the Impact of Microfinance
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The article highlights the role of women in microfinance and makes a strong business case for a more gender-responsive microfinance sector.
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As microfinance continues to grow, the industry is increasingly facing a shortage of middle managers— a shortage that stands as a formidable barrier to achieving the scale required to support financial inclusion.
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Introduces the ground-breaking work that Women’s World Banking has done on developing microinsurance programs tailored to the unique needs of women.
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The book Saris on Scooters, which tells inspiring stories of women in India who have overcome many obstacles and successfully built businesses using small loans.
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This article highlights the participation of Wall Street bankers in volunteering programs to advance microfinance.
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This article highlights the launch of the savings and financial education product for girls in Mongolia by WWB along with its network member XacBank.
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This case study published by Making Cents International was featured as part of their Youth Inclusive Financial Service Case Study Series and details how WWB has helped one of its network members, XacBank (Mongolia).
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Institutional Finance
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This toolkit is about managing cash: be it in the form of physical bills in the safe or in the care of field staff, in the form of balances held at other banks, or as liquid investments that can quickly be converted back to cash.
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This toolkit can help management make better decisions on lending methodologies, portfolio quality, credit policies, as well as in understanding the suitability of certain products and analyzing performance against the mission.
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This toolkit gives MFI managers the theoretical understanding and practical examples to conduct an equity valuation of their institutions.
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The toolkit is the leading practical, step-by-step guide that assists MFIs in developing effective risk management strategies and policies.
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Marketing
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This article highlights the launch of the savings and financial education product for girls in Mongolia by WWB along with its network member XacBank.
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This case study published by Making Cents International was featured as part of their Youth Inclusive Financial Service Case Study Series and details how WWB has helped one of its network members, XacBank (Mongolia).
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Marketing for Microfinance is designed as a reference guide for microfinance organizations seeking to develop their marketing capabilities.
Formalization
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Explores the needs of rural women and research conducted in rural Uganda to make recommendations for the design and delivery of microfinance products within the country and throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
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This paper is a case study of how one institution, ADOPEM (Dominican Republic), fared post-transformation, examining both the benefits and challenges of transforming.
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This guide provides an overview of local capital markets and includes key information necessary for international and local investors as well as microfinance institutions (MFIs) to understand and utilize local markets in an efficient manner.
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This paper provides an overview of the process by which microfinance institutions (MFIs) convert from NGOs into regulated financial institutions.
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Organization Effectiveness & Leadership
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The Organizational Gender Toolkit includes diagnostic tools, best practices and case studies.
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Women's World Banking is proud to award its 2012 Excellence in Leadership Award to Shakti Foundation for Disadvantaged Women (Bangladesh)
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WWB was asked by several G‐20 governments to comment on the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion’s report on "Strengthening Access to Finance for Women SMEs in Developing Countries”. We welcomed the opportunity to expand upon the analysis presented in the report and are delighted to see a commitment to financial inclusion by the G‐20 Leaders and their acknowledgement that women face different or additional barriers to entry in accessing finance.
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This publication aims to identify existing similarities for women working in microfinance by drawing on gender assessments conducted from 2008 to 2010 with MFIs in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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Women's World Banking created an award to support principled leaders at the helm of gender diverse microfinance institutions. WWB gave the 2011 Excellence in Leadership Award to Kenya Women's Finance Trust Deposit Taking Microfinance.
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As microfinance continues to grow, the industry is increasingly facing a shortage of middle managers— a shortage that stands as a formidable barrier to achieving the scale required to support financial inclusion.
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This publication introduces WWB’s new methodology for helping MFIs support gender diversity at all levels of their institution.
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This report shares several years of WWB’s hands-on experience and lessons learned in the use of competency-based human resource systems.
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The toolkit is the leading practical, step-by-step guide that assists MFIs in developing effective risk management strategies and policies.