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Read our latest thinking on key issues in financial sector development
Reading between the data
In 2014, 22.2% of adults in Zambia were covered by insurance. In 2015, just 2.6% were. If you are working on insurance in Zambia you would probably [...]
Good intentions
Why what you measure in financial inclusion is so important to the outcomes you achieve Financial inclusion is increasingly recognised as a policy [...]
Big data for small policies
What does big data mean for microinsurance? There are 24.2 million adults in Tanzania. About 15 million experienced an insurable event in 2013. Less [...]
Making new markets for financial services possible
Financial service providers are becoming increasingly aware of the value of data for financial inclusion. Utilising data and drawing on the power of [...]
Talking about data in the land of a thousand hills
Data plays an integral role in all aspects of financial inclusion. Over the next two days, it will feature prominently in deepening our understanding [...]
7 things I learned from the MiN field trip and workshop on microinsurance distribution
What if you could simply swipe your card every time you wanted to pay for a minibus taxi ride? That might be more convenient than carrying the right [...]
Jumping to conclusions
Have you heard of the Fosbury Flop? Probably not. But you’d know one if you saw it. It’s the technique that high jumpers use when jumping [...]
A balancing act
Data has permeated all facets of our lives. It is more available and accessible than ever before. In just a few hours one person can create a [...]
Why a plastic bottle trumps a bank account
Patience, a restaurant owner in Goma in the eastern DRC, has a dream of owning her own land. She saves a modest 2000 Congolese Francs (just less than [...]
"I’ve got your back"
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a country with a volatile history and topography that’s tough to navigate. It’s not the [...]