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Lessons learned: How Japan's small businesses are rebuilding after the 2011 tsunami

After the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in 2011, thousands of small businesses were literally wiped out. As they began to rebuild, many found they didn't qualify for loans. Here's what they did:

THE MASTERCARD FOUNDATION WANTS TO CHANGE THE FINANCIAL GAME FOR WORLD’S POOR

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The MasterCard Foundation Wants to Change the Financial Game for World’s Poor

Shiva Kumar is the face of India’s hard-working poor in a new video from CGAP.

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Infographic: The World Cup of Financial Exclusion

“Exclusion is everyone’s problem."

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The economic consequences of sexual violence in Syria

Systematic rape is a veiled weapon of war; it scars individuals in ways that bombs and bullets don’t. In a Syrian society, sexual assault victims are severely stigmatized: survivors often are forced into marriage, abandoned by their family or face further abuse. Some are put to death.

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Infographic: If the world were 100 people...

Imagine a world of only 100 people. Applying today’s demographics, nearly half of those people would live on less than $2 per day.

HOW TYPHOON HAIYAN OPENS A DOOR TO FINANCIAL INCLUSION, AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY

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How Typhoon Haiyan opens a door to financial inclusion, and long-term recovery

IDEO.org brings its human-centered design approach to the Philippines to help Mercy Corps and BanKO design a new financial product for those hit by the typhoon.

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Why cash nourishes faster than food in Kathmandu

Aid groups that implement cash transfer programs without understanding the communities they serve are flirting with disaster.

WHY FINANCIAL INCLUSION MATTERS

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Public funding for financial inclusion increases, despite tight government budgets

Despite tough economic times, governments are increasing support to extend financial services to the world’s 2.5 billion ‘bankless’ adults.

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Why financial inclusion matters

“Financial inclusion” might sound like a ploy by banks and credit card companies to get more clients. But it's actually a vital effort to improve the lives of poor people.

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This is what financial inclusion looks like: CGAP announces photo contest winners

A man stacks bricks on his head to carry. Another sells newspapers. Three women carry fishing nets across golden sand dunes. These images, among the winners of CGAP’s annual photo contest, portray workers at the bottom of the economic pyramid around the world.