Tag: COVID-19

Meet WellaHealth, bringing tailored micro-insurance products to Nigerians
Financial Health |

Meet WellaHealth, bringing tailored micro-insurance products to Nigerians

Nigeria accounts for 25% of malaria cases worldwide and 19% of all deaths. Although malaria is eminently curable, most...

By Malika Anand
Snapshot of financial health during peak COVID-19
Financial Health |

Snapshot of financial health during peak COVID-19

We are two and a half months into the global Coronavirus crisis. Confirmed cases exceed seven million, and at least...

By Ashirul Amin PhD
REPORT: Assessing the impact of tech-enabled urban mobility
Livelihoods and Microenterprise |

REPORT: Assessing the impact of tech-enabled urban mobility

An essential service in short supply Affordable and safe mobility is an essential service, enabling people to access goods...

By Jacob Winiecki
Pulse surveys with shopkeepers across Mexico during COVID-19
Financial Health |

Pulse surveys with shopkeepers across Mexico during COVID-19

Pulse surveys with shopkeepers across Mexico during COVID-19   in partnership with     In our previous publications we...

By Benjamin Mazzotta PhD
Assessing the impact of tech-enabled urban mobility
PAYGo and Essential Services |

Assessing the impact of tech-enabled urban mobility

Affordable and safe mobility is an essential service, enabling people to access goods and services, education and employment opportunities,...

By Jacob Winiecki
Corona Case Studies: Running out of options
Livelihoods and Microenterprise |

Corona Case Studies: Running out of options

Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, June 12, 2020  After three months of Covid-19 restrictions, Jennifer’s economic options...

By Julie Zollmann
Corona Case Studies: ‘Waiting for nothing’
Livelihoods and Microenterprise |

Corona Case Studies: ‘Waiting for nothing’

Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, June 12, 2020  Agnes, 45, lives in rural Makueni with her children...

By Julie Zollmann
¿Cómo está afectando el Covid-19 la salud financiera de las microempresas mexicanas?
Financial Health |

¿Cómo está afectando el Covid-19 la salud financiera de las microempresas mexicanas?

Todas las opiniones aquí expresadas son exclusivas de BFA Global, por lo que MetLife no es responsable de la...

By David del Ser
Back to an empty market
Livelihoods and Microenterprise |

Back to an empty market

Originally posted on the FSD Kenya Website, June 10, 2020  Desperate for income, many Diaries respondents have gone back...

By Julie Zollmann
Scenario planning can help Mexican financial cooperatives prepare for COVID-19 impact
Financial Health |

Scenario planning can help Mexican financial cooperatives prepare for COVID-19 impact

All opinions are BFA Global’s.   While the pandemic has caused simultaneous supply and demand shocks to economies around...

By Jacob Winiecki