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Product Development for Microfinance: 3 models for sourcing client insights
From laundry detergent to financial services, successful product design begins with understanding what people want.


Over the next few weeks, the Gateway is featuring articles to help sharpen your approaches to market research and product development. What do financial services and laundry detergent have in common? Next to nothing, but the process of understanding what people want out of detergent or financial services may not be all that different. 
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Don’t Panic…Prepare! 4 Steps to Disaster Preparedness and What to do when Disaster Strikes
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Calling all Stakeholders: How to Prevent Over-indebtedness
Outcomes of the virtual conference on multiple borrowing and over-indebtedness. comments (4)
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Selections from the press
“Financially Inclusive Ecosystems: The Roles of Government Today” (07 Feb 2012)
CGAP Microfinance Blog
“Microfinance Services in Ghana Greeted With Hope, Concern” (07 Feb 2012)
Voice of America
“Banking on India Post” (07 Feb 2012)
The Hindu Business Line
“Micro-credit "pickle bank" boosts China's pickle industry” (06 Feb 2012)
Shanghai Daily. Com
“Who will pay for Financial Literacy?” (06 Feb 2012)
India Development Blog
Zimbabwe: “Microfinance institutions face challenges” (06 Feb 2012)
Daily News
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Contributions from the microfinance industry
Free Online Tool Empowers Senders of Remittances (06 Feb 2012)
Microinsurance Network Registration is Open for 2012 (03 Feb 2012)
IFC, Atlantic Bank Strengthen Access to Financial Services for Entrepreneurs in Belize, Peru (02 Feb 2012)
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India Focus Note 86: Microinsurance Product Types in India
What are the different microinsurance product types in India?
Financially Inclusive Ecosystems: The Roles of Government Today
How can governments support financial inclusion?
Beyond Sales: New Frontiers in Microinsurance Distribution - Lessons for the Next Wave of Microinsurance Distribution Innovation
Examining innovative microinsurance distribution models around the world
Balancing Flexibility and Discipline in Microfinance: Innovative Financial Products that Benefit Clients and Service Providers
Describing financial products that combine flexibility and discipline
Revitalizing the World Economy through Islamic Micro Finance Farz Methedology: Practice and Proven Results
Paper presented at the Scalable Business Models for Islamic Microfinance Summit, 30 January – 1 February 2012, Istanbul
 
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