An initiative of 
2021 | ITAD
The Savings Evidence Map is an interactive tool that provides consolidated access to 354 studies related to savings-focused financial inclusion. The map organizes the evidence into a matri…
2021 | Courtney Purvis (World Relief)
Using a unique model for community development called the Church Empowerment Zone, World Relief partners with the local church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to implement a high impac…
2021 | REAL
This report synthesizes the state of knowledge on the linkages between psychosocial factors and resilience through the lens of Self Help Groups (SHGs). The objective of the report is two-fold.…
2021 | MEDA
Focusing on Savings and Loan Groups, this paper explores what factors contribute to social and financial impact on group members. Group continuity is also examined, to understand what motivate…
2021 | ELAN RDC
Humanitarian cash transfers are becoming increasingly important in humanitarian programmes, increasing from 1% of assistance in 2006 to 10% in 2016.1 One of the distribution mechanisms, Mobile…
2021 | Itad
The Savings Evidence Map is an interactive tool that provides consolidated access to 354 studies related to savings-focused financial inclusion. The map organizes the evidence into a matrix st…
2021 | Itad
The Savings Evidence Map is an interactive tool that provides consolidated access to 354 studies related to savings-focused financial inclusion. The evidence map systematically scopes out avai…
2021 | Elisa Sandri, Leonie Beckmann & James Robinson (Itad)
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…
2021 | 60 Decibels
In March this year, a study of the impact of recovery loans was conducted by 60 Decibels, a specialist impact measurement organisation, which involved interviews with 206 clients of VisionFund…
2021 | Evidence Consortium on Women’s Groups
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…
2021 | Natacha Brice (CARE USA)
Over 18 months, CARE consulted over 125 specialists across 45 countries – from CARE country offices, and other humanitarian and development agencies – to understand when, where and…
2021 | Itad
Itad has developed the evidence map presented in this document as part of the Mastercard Foundation Savings Learning Lab. The overall goal of the evidence map is to provide consolidated access…
2020 | World Vision International
Millions of parents and caregivers have lost income and jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the sudden economic shock has forced many households to expose children to harmful and dangerous prac…
2020 | Alliance for Financial Inclusion
Under the Denarau Action Plan, the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) aims to halve the financial inclusion gender gap across AFI member jurisdictions by 2021. This study underscores the r…
2020 | Scale2Save
A new case study report from Scale2Save looks at how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed bank customer behaviour in Africa. The study shows that customers have increased their borrowing from fr…
2020 | Nisha Singh (Independent Consultant), Diana Dezso (Savings Learning Lab), Savings at the Frontier & PHB Development
This paper provides an overview of how agents are an essential component of delivering customer value to excluded populations such as informal savers. Based on the experiences of financial ser…
2020 | Benjamin Allen (Catholic Relief Services)
This study presents the results of two surveys conducted with representatives of 844 CRS Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILCs) in 18 countries in Africa and Latin America, to unders…
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Global Communities
The USAID/Twiyubake program developed a learning agenda to determine the impact of saving incentives on the resilience of vulnerable households in 2018. This learning brief explores the follow…
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…
2020 | Aurélie Larquemin (Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath)
Enabling everybody to benefit from regulated financial services has become a global policy goal. However, while access to accounts is increasing, use of accounts remains low. This micro-level…
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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…
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 | 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…
2020 | Paul Anand, Swati Saxena, Rolando Gonzales Martinez, & Hai-Anh H. Dang
This paper offers an evaluation of a supported women’s self help program with over 1.5 million participants in one of the poorest rural regions of the world (Uttar Pradesh, India). Metho…
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 | Alfredo Burlando (University of Oregon), Jessica Goldberg (University of Maryland) and Luciana Etcheverry (University of Oregon)
Traditional banks and microfinance institutions lend directly to clients using individual or joint liability contracts, and generally have strict rules on selection and repayments. In most ru…
2019 | The SEEP Network
These 10 tips are a product of the SEEP Network’s peer learning group on Savings Groups for Refugees – composed of representatives from the Danish Refugee Council, the Fletcher Sch…
2020 | Waleed M.Al-ahdala, Mohammed H.Alsamhib, Mosab I.Tabashc & Najib H.S.Farhand
Corporate governance plays a vital role in creating a corporate culture of consciousness, transparency, and openness. In this context, this paper provides a brief view about the background of…
2019 | AVSI Foundation
As part of the Graduating to Resilience program, the AVSI Foundation conducted an assessment of Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) in the Rwamwanja refugee settlement camp in sout…
2019 | Hanna Laufer, Sonia Pietosi, Paul Rippey (Savings at the Frontier)
This study of informal savings mechanisms (ISMs) and their users was conducted in three provinces of Zambia in 2019. Commissioned by the Savings at the Frontier (SatF) programme (a partnership…
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