Resources on social finance

  1. Article

    Paving the road to financial inclusion for rural workers in Nepal

    10 March 2022

    In remote areas of Nepal, rural communities, and especially the most disadvantaged and marginalized groups, do not have access to formal financial services. However, the Strengthening National Rural Transport Programme took up the challenge of generating access to finance and improved livelihood opportunities for them, and succeeded in collaboration with MEGA Bank, one of Nepal’s largest commercial banks.

  2. News

    ApexFinCoop - Strengthening the apex organization of financial cooperatives in Nepal

    28 June 2019

    The ILO, the ITC-ILO and the FAO jointly organized a training workshop for the Nepal Federation of Savings and Credit Unions (NEFSCUN) towards promoting financial inclusion and inclusive economic development.

  3. Instructional material

    Financial Education Program Leaflet

    29 August 2015

    Introductory leaflet about the Financial Education Program. It provides also overview of training materials designed to teach vulnerable groups about finances. It shows: a) which topics are covered, b) for which countries and languages are the materials adopted, c) how can they be used, and further useful information.

  4. Instructional material

    Financial education for youth: Trainee's guide

    28 February 2011

    The training package targets young women and men and aims to equip them with financial knowledge and management skills to enable them to set goals in life and make plans for realizing them.

  5. Publication

    Nepal and Pakistan - Micro-finance and microenterprise development: Their contribution to the economic empowerment of women

    01 March 2005

    SEED Working Paper No. 69

  6. Publication

    Social Finance Working Paper #39: Savings and credit associations and remittances

    01 October 2003

    The case of Far West Nepalese labour migrants in Delhi, India