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Health Microinsurance: An Inclusive Approach

WEBHealth microinsurance provides a critical financial safety net for low-income families and prevents them from becoming vulnerable to the risks of health calamities. We launched …

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How Financial Service Providers Play a Role in Healthcare’s …

WEBAcross the globe, nearly 1 billion women remain underserved by the financial sector. For more than 40 years, Women’s World Banking has championed women’s financial …

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Microinsurance that Works for Women: Making Microinsurance …

WEBAcross the globe, nearly 1 billion women remain underserved by the financial sector. For more than 40 years, Women’s World Banking has championed women’s financial …

Category:  Health Go Health

Health Microinsurance: An Inclusive Approach

WEBWhat is Caregiver? Caregiver is a hospital cash product, designed to be offered by a financial institution, as an intermediary 1 that aggregates clients (or “beneficiaries” in the …

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Helping Families Prepare for the Unexpected: Health …

WEBWe sat with Yolanda and Antonio on plastic chairs under a thatched roof hanging over the front of their house. They had lived on the same 5.5 acre land in Peru for decades and …

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Health Microinsurance: An Inclusive Approach

WEBWomen’s World Banking outlines its approach to developing inclusive health microinsurance products in varied markets, with support from Agence Française de …

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financial inclusion = well-being

WEBAcross the globe, nearly 1 billion women remain underserved by the financial sector. For more than 40 years, Women’s World Banking has championed women’s financial …

Category:  Health Go Health

How We Built a Microinsurance Product that’s Meaningful for …

WEBHealth microinsurance has often been considered a complex product that is probably not worth investing in, rather than a solution that provides meaningful benefits to the …

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Just the tip of the iceberg: the hidden costs of healthcare in Uganda

WEBUsing data from clients interviewed during our research, Women’s World Banking found that respondents were conscious of less than half of their total healthcare costs. As the …

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Uncovering Women’s Attitudes Towards Health in India

WEBOctober 16, 2018. “If a hospital isn’t involved, I’m healthy enough.”. Women’s World Banking spoke with women in India to better understand their views on health, health …

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Climate change has a disproportionate impact on low-income …

WEBAbout Women’s World Banking: Empowering Women Through Financial Inclusion – Women’s World Banking is dedicated to driving financial inclusion to economically …

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The complexity of increasing demand for microinsurance and what …

WEBThe poor are vulnerable to risk, a cause of persistent poverty. Microinsurance is one solution to mitigate risk, yet demand remains disappointingly low. This article looks at …

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The emotional and financial barriers preventing low-income …

WEBAcross the globe, nearly 1 billion women remain underserved by the financial sector. For more than 40 years, Women’s World Banking has championed women’s financial …

Category:  Health Go Health

Empowering Women in the Developing World: Barriers and …

WEBOn July 12, 2017, I had the honor of testifying in front of the United States’ House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing entitled “Beyond Microfinance: Empowering …

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Solutions for Financial Inclusion: Serving Rural Women

WEBRural women make up the majority of the world’s poor. In SSA, rural women confront serious gender inequalities; they face the world’s lowest levels of income and schooling; …

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Gender Lens Investing: Driving Financial Returns and Social Impact

WEBAccording to 2021 data published by GenderSmart, sustainable or impact investing flows were estimated at USD 40 trillion in 2021 but, of that, only USD 17–20 billion included …

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Determinants of Women’s Financial Inclusion and Economic …

WEBWomen’s financial inclusion encompasses women’s access to and use of a range of financial services. In our paper, we define women’s financial inclusion as relative to …

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Invest for Equality: Gender Lens Impact Investing

WEBInvestors that use a gender lens investment strategy aim to advance gender equality by investing in one of three ways: 1) in women-led businesses; 2) in institutions with gender …

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The Pandemic Impact on Women in India: Insights on Financial …

WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic affected women in India in many ways. A Women’s World Banking survey conducted in the Fall of 2021 in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal gives light …

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Integrating Gender Diversity: Lessons from Shakti Foundation …

WEB2012 Excellence in Leadership Award Shakti’s Women in Development Initiative Results (from 2006-2011) • Outreach: Shakti has more than dou-bled the number of female staff.

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Accelerating economic opportunity in Mexico by applying a …

WEBWomen’s World Banking’s studies show that women are the main remittance recipients, having received approximately 72 per cent of the US$ 27 billion in 2016. Despite …

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What is Economic Violence Against Women and Why Does it …

WEBThe report defines economic violence as “any action or omission aimed at economic abuse or abusive control of finances, monetary rewards, or punishments of women due to their …

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