The G2P report focuses on the implementation of G2P projects as a mechanism to enhance financial inclusion, as well as a way to provide cost and efficiency savings both to government and to social welfare recipients. It uses the case of Fiji’s own recent transfer of recipients to a savings-linked electronic payment system.
Goal: Its goal is to help government agencies, central banks, donors and private sector service partners (including MFIs, banks, mobile network operators and other payment service providers) to better understand the key steps, challenges and lessons learned from G2P projects, and to take advantage of similar opportunities in their own countries.
This report scrutinizes the sustainability of operations of five large member-based financial institutions in Fiji and their
potential to contribute to financial inclusion. It reveals that all these institutions have been coping with difficulties resulting from inflexible regulations, a challenging economy, and ineffective governance and management structures. At the same time, these four credit unions and one credit and thrift co-operative have continue to operate and serve
members while the majority of financial co-operatives have failed. The report concludes by providing opportunities
for these institutions to better serve members and others and in doing so become instruments of financial inclusion.
This report comments on all levels of the financial ecosystem in Solomon Islands, with a particular
focus on the micro-level, specifically the retail financial services being provided in rural areas. It begins
with a brief history of rural finance in Solomon Islands and then outlines the current situation.
Results of a survey of Social Welfare recipients to facilitate migration from paper based to electronic benefit distribution
This 10-minute video offers a basic introduction to the concept of microinsurance. The video explains how microinsurance works, shares some best practices, and shows that microinsurance is just an extension of traditional social protection schemes in the Pacific, therefore offering many opportunities in the region. This tool is designed for use in conjunction with presentations, or discussions on microinsurance with stakeholders around the Pacific.
