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Policy Brief

How to Increase Financing for Urban Climate Adaptation and Resilience: 7 Key Actions for National Governments to Take

01 Nov 2022
Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance

Read how national policymakers can work with other key stakeholders to scale finance for climate adaptation and resilience.

Climate Change
Climate Finance
Urban Infrastructure
Financial Inclusion
USAID ICAN
Technical Guidance

Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women to Build Resilience

19 Aug 2022
USAID Integrated Community Agriculture and Nutrition Activity , Implemented by Abt Associates

The ICAN Activity works with community structures to confront imbalances that undermine women’s economic opportunities and influence in communities.

Uganda
Social Capital
Financial Inclusion
Human Capital
Gender Equity
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Technical Guidance

What Are Future Financing Options for Shock Responsive Social Protection?

31 May 2021
Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19 Expert Advice Service, DAI Global

How can development partners finance shock-responsive social protection? This resource provides approaches to financing, financing instruments and more.

Conflict and Fragility
Sustainable Poverty Escapes
Social Protection
Social Capital
Financial Inclusion
Technical Guidance

Financial Services Brief

07 Aug 2020
Organizational Author: Mercy Corps under the Resilience Evaluation, Analysis and Learning Award , Author: Gash, M.

This brief aims to better equip practitioners and financial service providers in considering risk and resilience in financial service program design, as well as considering which meso and macro-level mechanisms can...

Financial Inclusion
Technical Guidance

Village Insurance Savings Accounts in Nepal

01 Jun 2020
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience

In many developing countries, microfinance institutions (MFIs) are well established throughout rural areas, with high functioning savings groups already in existence. These groups of about 15-30 members usually meet...

Nepal
Social Protection
Financial Inclusion
Policy Brief

Insured Loans Increase Credit Access and Farming Technology Adoption in Ghana

01 Jun 2020
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience

Increasing access to credit can spur the adoption of more productive technologies, but may require reducing risk for both smallholder farmer and lender. In a randomized controlled trial (RCT), we investigated how...

Ghana
Financial Inclusion
Policy Brief

Index Insurance Could Effectively and Efficiently Protect Farmers in Ecuador

01 Jun 2020
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience

Ecuador and several other Andean countries have prioritized the establishment and strengthening of agricultural insurance markets for smallholder farmers at risk of poverty. At the request of the Ecuadorian...

Agriculture
Financial Inclusion
Policy Brief

A Minimum Quality Standard (MQS) to Ensure Index Insurance Contracts Do No Harm

01 Jun 2020
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience

Risk management and resilience are becoming a focus for how to support and empower agricultural households who are vulnerable to weather-related shocks. Index insurance has shown tremendous promise where conventional...

Financial Inclusion
Technical Guidance

Testing Agricultural Index Insurance for Minimum Quality

01 Jun 2020
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience

An agricultural index insurance contract’s quality is hidden. On its surface, farmers considering a policy or national governments seeking to subsidize coverage have no way to know whether a product has the potential...

Financial Inclusion
Policy Brief

Reducing the Strain of Group Microloans with a Small Collateral Requirement

01 Jun 2020
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience

In an experimental game in Tanzania, we tested how a small individual collateral requirement would affect the decision to borrow and individual effort under a group loan. A 20-percent collateral increased individual...

Agriculture
Financial Inclusion
Access to Markets

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