The core goal of EFI is to help vulnerable households improve their resilience to acute and chronic shocks, by providing them with the tools and skills they need to save and borrow money, and thereby to acquire useful lump sums that can be invested in income-generating activities or to meet household needs. The EFI project does so by promoting CRS’ Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC) methodology.
Climate change is the most urgent challenge of our time, and the impacts disproportionately affect people living in poverty.
Development programs are increasingly aiming to support populations…
Developed by the Evidence Consortium on Women’s Groups, this brief presents emerging evidence from studies in diverse African contexts— with a deep dive into Nigeria and Uganda&mda…
There is a wide body of evidence examining the effectiveness of different types of women’s groups, particularly economic self-help groups (SHGs), Village Savings and Loans Associations (…