April 1, 2020

Illiquid Contagion

Half of the financial service organizations responding to our survey in the past week have said that their operations have been suspended due to government lockdowns […]
March 28, 2020

When “Stay at Home” Means “Starve at Home”

Over the last few days, Marin Burt, President of Fundación Paraguaya has been on the phone with the President and leaders of Parliament, convincing them to […]
March 28, 2020

An Update from Aris Alip, CARD MRI, Philippines

With a part of the year designated as “typhoon season,” the Philppines gets regular practice in dealing with disasters. But nothing like COVID-19 has ever hit […]
March 26, 2020

A Trusted Source of Life-Saving Information: BRAC in Bangladesh

When a pandemic is spreading, how do you communicate with millions of people in living in poverty to help them know what they can do to […]
March 26, 2020

Financial First Responders: COVID-19 Resources for Financial Inclusion

Links to Resources for those Providing Financial Services Updated 26 April 2020 Covid-finclusion.org – A forum of SPTF, CFI and EMP, including an important 3-part series […]
March 24, 2020

Financial First Responders: VisionFund Mexico

I interviewed Nino Gonjilashvili, CEO of VisionFund Mexico, about what they are doing to serve their clients and protect their staff during the coronavirus crisis. Some […]
March 24, 2020

Financial First Responders

To stay safe, people need to stay home. But when people stay home, they earn no money. That leaves Bashyal and his team trying to figure out how to bridge the gap, how to help their clients manage scarce resources long enough to survive this crisis.
March 18, 2020

Group-Based Financial Services and the Coronavirus

Every month hundreds of millions of people around the world meet in groups to receive financial services. Will these groups turn into vectors for #COVID-19 or will they help flatten the curve?