Global Communities in Rwanda has developed a guide for assessing the poverty of people in Savings Groups or other groups, and gives simple indicators and proxy indicators. It also gives suggestions as to the sort of intervention that is appropriate for different levels of poverty. While some of it is a Rwanda-centric, it is very carefully thought out and worthy of consideration.
Based on a 2018 survey of WSBI members, the first annual report on savings and retail banking in Africa provides an overview of the sector and serves as a benchmark to track the progress of sa…
Savings Groups are community-based financial service providers that deliver basic financial services to millions of members in underserved markets worldwide. Traditionally, the promotion of Sa…
The relationship between poverty and HIV is complex, but the evidence of that relationship has been so strong that household economic strengthening (HES) interventions are considered core to O…