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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:

Financial Inclusion

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.

Financial Inclusion

Infographic: The World Cup of Financial Exclusion

“Exclusion is everyone’s problem."

Financial Inclusion

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.

Financial Inclusion

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.

Value Chains

Bangladesh: An economic paradox

Rana Plaza pushed for new regulations on garment factories in Bangladesh--but are these changes helping or hurting Bangladeshi laborers?

Financial Inclusion

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.

Mobile Technology

Calling for coverage: How the global poor are cashing in mobile minutes for insurance

A start-up microinsurer in Sweden has figured out how to sell insurance products to the very poor: Bundle it with their mobile-phone package.

Financial Inclusion

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.

Mobile Technology

Aid goes digital: Getting electronic cash to disaster victims

In an emergency, getting cash to victims as quickly as possible is key to rebuilding the local economy. A new report helps aid organizations avoid common pitfalls and design smart programs using new tech.