🧵 New paper out in World Development: doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2026.107457 Is there a business case for banks to lend more to women & women-led firms? Spoiler: YES — and this does not only hold for microfinance, but also for banks & bank-like financial institutions. #Gender #AccessToFinance

Important milestone 🚀 in the research project “Next Generation of Development Banks: Early Lessons from Ghana and Nigeria” by @idos-research.bsky.social (IDOS) and the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS):

Today, we were honoured to welcome Federal Minister @reemalabali.bsky.social from @bmz.de at @idos-research.bsky.social. In her introductory speech, the minister emphasised the role of IDOS as a valuable partner and source of expertise. Read more: 📲 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Come and work at IDOS - great opportunity at an inspiring institute! ⬇️

Are you attending #FfD4 in Seville? Meet the IDOS delegation at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development! Do not miss our side events – full details are available here: www.idos-research.de/en/events/de...

🧵 A thread on the policy brief (🔗 doi.org/10.23661/ipb... ) follows here: (1/7) 💡 Kenya stands at the frontier of digital financial innovation, but progress has revealed new fault lines in consumer protection and market equity.

📖 New IDOS #PolicyBrief on #DigitalFinancialServices - Lessons from #Kenya- by Christoph Sommer (IDOS), Albert Nsengu-Muremyi, Anna Mader & @musshoff.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de. 🔗 www.idos-research.de/en/policy-br...

Very interersting read on #DigitalCredit and #regulation in Kenya by Radha Upadhyaya and colleagues: doi.org/10.1017/fas....

Happy to announce that my contribution to the MFW4A blog was published today. You can find the short piece on the role of capital markets for #SMEfinance here: tinyurl.com/46ryhcd3

Find my new #Article on the role of capital markets for #smefinance in the Journal of Development Studies. Click here doi.org/10.1080/0022... & share 🔄 #OpenAccess Special thanks to @idos-research.bsky.social & everyone who supported me in this! Find a summary in the following thread 🧵:

Find my new #Article on the importance of long-term finance for job quality (and for investments and firm performance) in the European Journal of Development Research. 🔗Click here #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1057/s412... & share 🔄. Special thanks to IDOS and everyone who supported me in this!