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2021 | Scale2Save
Digitalisation is revolutionising the way financial service providers conduct their business. This new publication explores the answers to a question that many executives are asking: How best…
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 evidence map systematically scopes out avai…
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 | 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…
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…
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 | 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…
2019 | Garima Siwach, Thomas de Hoop, Giulia Ferrari and Yulia Belyakova (Evidence Consortium on Women’s Groups)
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 (…
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…
2020 | Constantin Albot, Hanna Laufer, Janet Hayes & Robert Stone (Savings at the Frontier)
This note summarises practices and lessons learned from the Savings at the Frontier (SatF) programme on providing funding and technical assistance to financial service providers (FSPs). Sat…
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 | 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…
2019 | Lena Weingärtner (Overseas Development Institute), Catherine Simonet (Ramboll) & John Choptiany (iDE)
In this report, we explore how BRACED projects support the development and delivery of tailored-to-context financial services. We also assess to what extent these projects are integrated withi…
2019 | Vincent Somville (Chr. Michelsen Institute and NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen) & Lore Vandewalley (Graduate Institute, Geneva)
Access to formal banking is increasing across the world and may transform how people manage their nances. We report from a eld experiment that randomly provides access to a bank account to a…
2020 | Peter Morgan & Trinh Q. Long (Asian Development Bank Institute)
This study examines the effects of financial literacy on financial inclusion and savings behavior in Laos. Compared to previous literature, we use a broader definition of financial literacy wh…
2020 | Mehrdad Mirpourian (Women's World Banking)
Well-designed financial products improve the overall financial health of users. The design of products is particularly important for low-income customers, for whom product design drives behavi…
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…
2019 | Kwarteng Amaning Theophilus (Bureau of Integrated Rural Development) & Sarfo-Mensah Paul (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)
In this paper we examined how participation in Savings Groups like the Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) influence women’s agency in rural Ghana, i.e. their ability to freel…
2020 | Markus Frölich & P Linh Nguyen (3ie)
While the Zambian financial sector has shown moderate development over the past decade, lack of consumer awareness, low-cost products and financial literacy are challenges keeping financial in…
2019 | Thomas De Hoop, Carinne Brody, Stuti Tripathi, Martina Vojtkova & Ruby Warnock (3ie)
Women bear an unequal share of the burden of poverty globally, due to societal and structural barriers to equality. One way that governments, development agencies and grassroots women’s…
2019 | Michael Callen & Craig McIntosh (University of California San Diego), Suresh De Mel (University of Peradeniya) & Christopher Woodruff (University of Oxford)
The world’s poor are seeing a rapid expansion in access to formal savings accounts. What is the source of savings when households are connected to a formal account? We combine a high-fre…
2019 | Viviane Azevedo (IDB Invest), Liliana Olarte (Y Analytics), Jeanne Lafortune & José Tessada (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile)
We use a randomized control trial to evaluate why text message (SMS) reminders may have worked in previous studies to incentivize savings. Using a sample of poor to middle-income Paraguayans,…
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 | 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 | 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 | 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…
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