Article

Financial education: the role of insurance

28 April 2023

When thinking about financial education, topics like savings, managing expenses, budgeting, investing or accessing credit may come to mind. However, insurance is another important, yet complicated financial product, that is worth considering.

Project

Sustainable investments in African agriculture

10 March 2023

News

ILO’s Cooperatives, Social and Solidarity Economy Unit and Social Finance Programme co-organize an elective session at the Rural development academy 2021

29 April 2021

ILO’s Cooperatives, Social and Solidarity Economy Unit and Social Finance Programme co-organized an elective on “Sustainable Finance and Cooperatives in Rural Areas” to highlight the role of cooperatives in the rural economy and access to financial services through a range of traditional and emerging financial service providers.

Social Cash Transfer

Discussion Note on Targeting in Malawi and Implicating for the Future of the Social Cash Transfer

04 March 2016

Given the widespread poverty and vulnerability levels economic targeting of social assistance programmes is deemed to be largely ineffective in Malawi. This discussion note suggests that moving from strict targeting of ultra-poor households towards categorical targeting has the potential to be a more effective and efficient approach to beneficiary selection in Malawi. In a bid to stimulate discussions on the future of the Social Cash Transfer in Malawi, the note presents results from economic simulations of the cost and coverage of the programme under alternative categorical targeting options.

Publication

Social Finance Working Paper #31: The demand for risk-managing financial services in low-income communities

01 November 2002

Evidence from Zambia