FSD Kenya's approach to Savings Groups - Formalising Informality: Extending Outreach and Access to Financial Services for Poor Rural Women

2016 | FSD Africa, the Springfield Centre

This case study examines the efforts of FSD Kenya, since 2008, to promote Savings Groups and the extent to which its strategies and approaches are consistent with the basic M4P principles.

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