{"id":18834,"date":"2023-02-10T13:09:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T13:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/?p=18834"},"modified":"2023-02-10T13:09:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T13:09:41","slug":"opportunity-the-retail-finance-distribution-refind-invites-research-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/2023\/02\/10\/opportunity-the-retail-finance-distribution-refind-invites-research-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunity : The Retail Finance Distribution (ReFinD) invites Research Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Retail Finance Distribution (ReFinD) research initiative will open for applications for the second round of sub-grants on\u00a0February 15, 2023<\/b>. Successful applicants will be awarded grants to undertake research and test innovations in retail finance\/ agent banking for financial inclusion in low and middle-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and South Asia.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The request for proposals (RFP) will be accessible via the <\/span>ReFinD website<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and affiliate platforms. The grant covers five categories: proposal development, pilot projects, natural experiments, extensions, and green field evaluations. Grants range from USD 5,000 for proposal development to USD 450,000 for greenfield evaluations (learn more about grant categories\u00a0<\/span>here<\/a><\/span>).\u00a0\u00a0The ReFinD secretariat will host information sessions to provide further information to applicants and stakeholders. \u00a0<\/span>Eleven (11) grants have been awarded since June 2022, to 11 research institutions based in various countries, including Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. The second RFP is expected to draw applications from across the three focus regions, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and South Asia, and build on progress.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI welcome existing and new partners to engage on the second ReFinD RFP. This is a great opportunity to build evidence to improve policy through research and commercial market solutions in retail finance for financial inclusion,\u201d\u00a0said Prof. Peter Quartey, Executive Director of ReFinD.\u00a0<\/span>Research institutions, agent banking providers, commercial partners, industry associations, and policymakers with an interest in financial inclusion are encouraged to keep an eye out for details of the RFP and information sessions.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Retail Finance Distribution (ReFinD) research initiative will open for applications for the second round of sub-grants on\u00a0February 15, 2023. Successful applicants will be awarded grants to undertake research and test innovations in retail finance\/ agent banking for financial inclusion in low and middle-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and South Asia.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The request…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[128],"tags":[1004,38,684,681],"acf":false,"author_meta":{"ID":"2","user_nicename":"kwami","user_email":"kwami@knowledgeinnovations.com","user_registered":"2021-04-12 07:20:49","display_name":"Kwami Ahiabenu","first_name":"Kwami","last_name":"Ahiabenu"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18834"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18835,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18834\/revisions\/18835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}