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Financial Health and the Impact of Financial Inclusion

WebThe concept of financial health has contributed significantly to the way the global development community thinks about financial inclusion. It has pushed us beyond …

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Measuring Financial Health: Not as Easy as It Looks

WebOver the past year, the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) and the Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI) have explored financial health in emerging …

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Financial Inclusion CGAP

WebLearn about financial inclusion and its benefits for poverty alleviation and resilience, CGAP's approach to building inclusive financial systems and its impact on achieving the SDGs, …

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How Financial Inclusion Can Boost a Nation’s Health & Well-Being

WebPublic investment in national health has tremendous positive economic side effects; with a boost from financial inclusion, good health and wellness become more achievable. Sub …

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The Impact of Financial Inclusion on Young Women’s Well-being: …

WebYoung women face many gender-based barriers as they navigate major life transitions, with life-long effects. A new CGAP Working Paper finds that in addition to improving financial …

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Financial Services for Health: Treating the Cause Blog CGAP

WebEven among low- and middle-income countries, the financial impacts of health care financing are not equitably distributed. The average Nigerian paid $170 for …

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Toward a New Impact Narrative for Financial Inclusion

WebThe global development community has debated the question of how financial services impact the lives of poor people for decades. Recently, CGAP has developed a theory of …

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Lessons from Past Crises CGAP

WebWhat can we learn from past crises? While the public health and economic dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic are becoming unlike anything we have confronted, earlier crises …

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A Digital Platform to Manage Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses

WebDigital Finance for Global Health. Patients in developing countries spent $148 billion in out-of-pocket health care expenses in 2015. The Sustainable …

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The Essential Role of Finance in Education, Housing and Health Care

WebOur research and discussions with experts led us to conclude that there are three essential service sectors where financial services can have an outsize impact on …

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A Digital Finance Prescription for Universal Health Coverage

WebBlog Series. Digital Finance for Global Health. Children born into poverty are almost twice as likely to die before the age of five as those from wealthier families. Access to health …

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Financial Scams Rise as Coronavirus Hits Developing Countries

WebIn the Philippines, Peru, India, Kenya, South Africa and many other developing countries, poor people who are already struggling with the health impact of the …

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Four Ways to Boost the Impact of India’s Direct Benefit Transfers

WebAs we think about how to design India’s DBT programs in a way which maximizes their impact on Rano’s life, the emerging evidence on behavioral economics …

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Vulnerable Groups in Lebanon Cite Health as Top Financial …

WebVulnerable Groups in Lebanon Cite Health as Top Financial Challenge. By. Nadine Chehade, Peter McConaghy. In Lebanon, sometimes it takes just a single health …

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Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Web2 Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of Financial Inclusion The very first SDG—ending extreme poverty—explicitly mentions the importance of access to …

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Resilience and Health Shocks

WebResilience and Health Shocks. The potential of health savings accounts and health loans. Laura Paul, Ghada Elabed, and Megan Gash. WORKING PAPER. JANUARY 2016. …

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Financial Analysis for Microfinance Institutions

Webv Introduction BACKGROUND OF THE CGAP SKILLS FOR MICROFINANCE MANAGERS COURSE SERIES In 1997, Jennifer Isern and Brigit Helms of CGAP launched a pilot …

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