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2020 | HOPE International
This visual guide illustrates key principles to conduct safer Savings Group meetings in light of COVID-19. These resources are currently available in the following languages: English, Chichewa…
2020 | HOPE International
This visual guide illustrates key principles to conduct safer Savings Group meetings in light of COVID-19. These resources are currently available in the following languages: English, Chichewa…
2020 | HOPE International
This visual guide illustrates key principles to conduct safer Savings Group meetings in light of COVID-19. These resources are currently available in the following languages: English, Chichewa…
2020 | HOPE International
This visual guide illustrates key principles to conduct safer Savings Group meetings in light of COVID-19. These resources are currently available in the following languages: English, Chichewa…
2020 | HOPE International
This visual guide illustrates key principles to conduct safer Savings Group meetings in light of COVID-19. These resources are currently available in the following languages: English, Chichewa…
2020 | HOPE International
This visual guide illustrates key principles to conduct safer Savings Group meetings in light of COVID-19. These resources are currently available in the following languages: English, Chichewa…
2020 | Emily Janoch (CARE International)
Despite commitments made by governments and other stakeholders to advance women’s economic empowerment, financial inclusion and market participation, the realities of women and girls aro…
2020 | FSD Zambia
Savings Groups are globally considered to be a reliable and sustainable tool for community empowerment. However, the current COVID-19 pandemic poses a significant threat to the groups' impact…
2020 | HOPE International
This visual guide illustrates key principles to conduct safer Savings Group meetings in light of COVID-19. These resources are currently available in the following languages: English, Chichewa…
2020 | Aisha Rahamatali & George Muruka (CARE International)
In 2019, SEEP convened a Peer Learning Group (PLG) comprised of both government and civil society social protection programs to explore the Role of Savings Groups in Supporting Graduation from…
2020 | Erin Lewis (The BOMA Project) & Yéréfolo Mallé (Trickle Up)
In 2019, SEEP convened a Peer Learning Group (PLG) comprised of both government and civil society social protection programs to explore the Role of Savings Groups in Supporting Graduation from…
2020 | George Muruka & Aisha Rahamatali (CARE International)
In 2019, SEEP convened a Peer Learning Group (PLG) comprised of both government and civil society social protection programs to explore the Role of Savings Groups in Supporting Graduation from…
2020 | World Savings and Retail Banking Institute
The 2019 Savings and Retail Banking in Africa report is the second annual survey produced by the WSBI. The study series, launched in 2018, aims to help improve access to financial services for…
2020 | FSD Zambia
The COVID-19 guidelines for Savings Groups aim to help group members stay safe and continue with their savings operations while protecting their health, social and economic welfare. The guidel…
2020 | Evidence Consortium on Women’s Groups
COVID-19, a novel infectious disease, was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. Unlike the world’s persistent, high-burden infectious diseases—such as…
2015 | Fundación Capital
Este video, de Fundación Capital, muestra los pasos y procedimientos de una reunión de grupos de ahorro.
2010 | World Vision International
This series of 10 training videos, based on the VSLA methodology, describes the steps and procedures of a Savings Group meeting. It is intended to provide an orientation to stakeholders and su…
2010 | Aga Khan Foundation
This series of 9 training videos, based on the VSLA methodology, is intended to provide an orientation to stakeholders and supplement training for program staff – including Program Manag…
2020 | MakingCents International
Enterprise Your Life is an innovative, youth-focused curriculum built upon coaching and applied learning methodologies. The curriculum was developed in partnership with Plan International and…
2017 | World Vision
This Savings for Transformation (S4T) Field Guide has been developed for staff supporting the implementation of S4T activities including: supervisors, facilitators, monitoring & evaluation…
2019 | marc bavois (Catholic Relief Services)
This guide describes how to establish Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC). The instructions are intended for two audiences: field agents and those who train and supervise field age…
2019 | marc bavois (Catholic Relief Services)
This guide describes how to establish Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC). The instructions are intended for two audiences: field agents and those who train and supervise field age…
2019 | marc bavois (Catholic Relief Services)
This guide describes how to establish Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC). The instructions are intended for two audiences: field agents and those who train and supervise field age…
2019 | marc bavois (Catholic Relief Services)
This guide describes how to establish Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC). The instructions are intended for two audiences: field agents and those who train and supervise field age…
2016 | marc bavois (Catholic Relief Services)
This manual provides step-by-step guidance to local organizations that wish to use the Private Service Provider, fee-for-service approach to implementing a savings group program. ENGLISH VERSION
2016 | marc bavois (Catholic Relief Services)
This manual provides step-by-step guidance to local organizations that wish to use the Private Service Provider, fee-for-service approach to implementing a Savings Group program. VERSION FRANCAISE
2015 | Hugh Allen (VSL Associates)
The Savings Groups Project Planning Tool allows the user to design a Savings Group project. By entering simple descriptive criteria and estimating Field Officer and Village Agent productivity,…
2018 | Hugh Allen (VSL Associates)
The Savings Groups Project Planning Tool allows the user to design a savings group project. By entering simple descriptive criteria and estimating Field Officer and Village Agent productivity,…
2019 | Hugh Allen (VSL Associates)
The SAVIX MIS mobile data entry application allows the user to enter data on a mobile device, logging on as the Data Entry Officer. The advantages are: GPS data can be automatically collected…
2019 | Hugh Allen (VSL Associates)
Le SIG SAVIX 2.0 constitue une nouvelle version majeure. L’ancienne version de ce SIG a été bâtie sur une plateforme obsolète, caractérisée par u…
2019 | Hugh Allen (VSL Associates)
The SAVIX MIS 2.0 is a major new release. The old SAVIX MIS was built on an Undertree platform that had limited capacity and suffered from instability and slow performance, owing to far more p…
2018 | Hugh Allen (VSL Associates)
IGA Selection, Planning, and Management (SPM) is a training course designed especially for members of Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs). It is based on the original guide developed…
2018 | Hugh Allen (VSL Associates)
Ce guide est destiné á l’usage des Agents de Terrain (AT) qui ont la responsabilité de mettre en place des Fédérations d’Associations Villageoise…
2018 | Hugh Allen (VSL Associates)
This manual is to be used by Field Officers (FOs) who are in charge of creating Village Savings and Loan Federations. Field Officers are paid employees, who create, train and supervise VSLFs u…
2019 | Hugh Allen (VSL Associates)
Pourquoi ce guide a-t-il été élaboré ? Cette version revue et mise à jour du guide de formation de l’agent de terrain est le fruit d’un projet pi…
2019 | Hugh Allen (VSL Associates)
This revised and updated version of the Field Officer’s Training Guide resulted from a pilot project implemented in the West Bank of Palestine over an 18-month period by the Economic and…
2020 | Lisa Chassin & John Balaba (Savings at the Frontier)
This ‘how-to’ note explains why efficient agent liquidity management is important. It looks at a range of tested practices in agent liquidity management that the SatF programme and…
2020 | Pete Sparreboom & Mbinya Mutiso (Savings at the Frontier)
This focus note describes the low-cost, practical methods that SatF and its partner FSPs have developed to make outreach to clients in underserved areas viable. These methods build on the incr…
2020 | Access to Finance Rwanda
Savings Groups and microfinance institutions remain key players in Rwanda's financial sector serving a majority of the population. COVID-19 poses serious risks both health and economic because…
2020 | Joanna Ledgerwood (SEEP Network)
Over the last 25 years, development actors have trained approximately 700,000 Savings Groups, comprised of 14 million members, across 75 countries. Despite the seemingly large number of Saving…
2020 | The SEEP Network
Over the last 25 years, Savings Groups have emerged as a key financial inclusion strategy in underserved markets, and development organizations have formed about 700,000 groups composed of 14…
2020 | Anne Marie van Swinderen (L-IFT)
Over the last 25 years, Savings Groups have emerged as a key financial inclusion strategy in underserved markets, and development organizations have formed about 700,000 groups composed of 14…
2020 | The SEEP Network
Les groupes d’épargne constituent une des plateformes les plus stables et durables pour le développement communautaire à l’échelle mondiale. À l&…
2020 | The SEEP Network
Los grupos de ahorro son una de las plataformas más consistentes y sustentables para el desarrollo comunitario a nivel mundial. Actualmente, hay más de 15 millones de miembros en…
2020 | Mark Staehle (SEEP Network)
The SEEP Network defines digital savings groups (DSGs) as “technologies and systems that digitize savings group records, procedures or transactions.” What is most exciting about th…
2019 | Christina Wieser, Miriam Bruhn, Johannes Kinzinger, Christian Ruckteschler & Soren Heitmann (World Bank Group)
This paper studies the effect of rolling out mobile money agents in rural Northern Uganda. In a randomized experiment, 168 areas were randomly selected to receive an agent in 2017, with anothe…
2020 | The SEEP Network
Savings Groups are one of the most consistent and sustainable platforms for community development worldwide. Currently, there are more than 15 million members in Savings Groups in more than 73…
2019 | Evert-jan Quak (Institute of Development Studies)
Grass-roots member-owned cooperatives for female heads of households in rural Indonesia (PEKKA) empower the women members through three economic activities: community-based microfinance throug…
2018 | Nik Hadiyan Nik Azman & Salina Kassim
Rotating savings and credit association (ROSCA) is a form of micro-credit scheme that enables the low-income group to have access to financial services. There is an increasing need for ROSCA e…
2018 | Simiyu Mercy Nekesa & Dr. Tobias Olweny (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology)
This study's main objective was to investigate the effects of financial innovation on financial performance of deposit-taking SACCOs in Kajiado County. Past studies give an insight into what h…
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