Inclusive Finance

The following study is the result of a joint collaboration between the Rural Finance Team and the Decent Rural Employment Team of FAO’s Social Policies and Rural Institutions Division (ESP).

Health-related shocks, such as death or severe sickness, can affect households’ budgets significantly and create serious household trauma, leading to higher possibilities of them falling into poverty traps.

This report highlights the work of the ILO’s Social Finance Programme in 2019 and is structured around three segments of the financial sector:

The present publication was developed by the Inclusive Rural Transformation
and Gender Equity Division (ESP) of FAO, as part of a joint collaboration between the Rural Institutions, Services and Empowerment (RISE) Team
and the Social Protection Team

This playbook is for organizations seeking to learn more effectively. It presents a set of solutions and tools to address common learning challenges, drawing on original research and prototyping.

Inasmuch as micro, small and medium enterprises account for 99.5% of the businesses in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region and 60% of the formal jobs in the production sector, they should be extremely important to the governments and for the public policies that need implementing, particularly in the current context of the crisis unleashed by COVID-19 that threatens the very survival of a large number of the SMEs.

A recent study commissioned by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Green Invest Asia project, in collaboration with the agricultural consulting firm, Agri-Logic, confirmed how climate-smart interventions to improve production of Robusta coffee in Vietnam have contributed to lower carbon emissions in the coffee sector. This 72-page report contain data summary of main findings

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are changing financial services offerings to customers across the globe. Historically, women have been the victims of unconscious bias in lending decisions.

Savings Groups are therefore of interest to regulators and financial institutions since they enable the servicing of new and underserved markets while also contributing to sustainable development goals such as zero poverty and the reduction of gender inequality.

Countries are seeking new ways to address complex and interconnected challenges. Fulfilling the promise of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires multi-sectoral approaches that bring together expertise from a range of perspectives.

Countries are seeking new ways to address complex and interconnected challenges. Fulfilling the promise of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires multi-sectoral approaches that bring together expertise from a range of perspectives.

Women play key roles in their homes, communities, and businesses. If insurers develop targeted approaches and products for women, they have the potential to earn up to $1.7 trillion by 2030. They can also help increase women’s understanding and willingness to buy insurance products to better protect their families or the companies women own or operate.