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This innovative pilot implemented in a rural part of the Swat Valley in Pakistan was designed to leverage technologies to provide farmers with low literacy rates with up-to-date market and training information, digitally disseminated through their mobile phones, in their local language, and helping them to increase the quality and quantity of their produce.

Achieving scale is a significant success factor for microinsurance schemes.

The information contained in this report represents the collective insights of 39 microfinance association leaders from 33 countries across Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Asia.

In 2007, ShoreBank International (SBI) conducted a household livelihood survey in the Pakistani Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) region, following the 2005 earthquake.

This document outlines the key lessons learned for the cost-effective implementation of a household livelihoods survey, drawn from the experience of a successful effort in earthquake-affected Pakistan.

This Concept Note provides an assessment of access to retail finance in Russia; target client groups; financial intermediaries; policy recommendations; and regulatory measures.

Trends related to worldwide remittance flows.

This study examines remittance impact on nine countries in, and at the cost of transferring money from six major countries.