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Moving Proximity from Critical Issue to Addressable Challenge: Possible Approaches and Tools

Lack of proximity has long been identified as an obstacle to sustained take-up – and sustained use – of formal financial services. Through this decade, funding and specialist skill…

Savings for Youth: A Review of Evidence

This report is based on an in-depth review of 44 studies that examine the effects of a range of youth savings initiatives. The definition of youth in this sample of studies ranges from 5&ndash…

How to Achieve the American Dream on an Immigrant's Income

The American Dream—being able to earn a good living, buy a home, send children to school, and build a life in the United States regardless of social stature or place of birth—is an…

Women's Savings Groups for Better Reproductive Health in Bénin

The Grameen Foundation program, “Women’s Savings Groups for Better Reproductive Health in Bénin” advanced opportunities for rural women and their husbands to make choi…

Efectividad del currículum de educación financiera de CRS en los grupos de autoahorro y préstamo (GAAP)

El presente informe muestra los resultados del estudio multimetodológico en tres países sobre la efectividad de las lecciones de Educación financiera (EF) desarrolladas en…

Effectiveness of CRS's Financial Education Curriculum in Savings and Lending Communities

This report presents the results from a three-country, multi-method study of the effectiveness of CRS’ Financial Education (FE) lessons delivered in the context of Savings and Internal L…

Improving Water Point Sustainability through Savings Groups

45% of wells in rural Uganda are broken. The majority fall into disuse after several years of inadequate maintenance. In communities where two-thirds of households lack cash savings, the chall…

Resiliency Learning Report

CARE Canada commissioned a resiliency learning exercise to qualitatively (and to a limited extent, quantitatively) assess the role their Village Savings and Loan Association model (VSLA) has o…

Supporting Girl's Livelihoods: A Trajectory of Change

The POWER Africa project, implemented by CARE Canada in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, promoted youth livelihoods to empower adolescent girls to find a pathway out of poverty, drive g…

Understanding the Financial Lives of Female Sex Workers in Abidja, Cote d'Ivoire: Implications for Economic Strengthening Interventions for HIV Prevention

Many women’s decisions about whether and how to participate in sex work are driven by financial considerations. Despite the recognized importance of economic factors in HIV risk among fe…

Economic Strengthening for HIV Prevention and Risk Reduction: A Review of the Evidence

Household economic strengthening (HES) is increasingly implemented alongside HIV programing to address economic drivers of the epidemic. The evidence base on HES for HIV outcomes is growing, a…

Tangible Benefits Among Households Participating in SILC to Child Wellbeing in Nigeria

To ensure vulnerable households have more reliable income sources to meet the basic needs of children in their care, SMILE employed multiple economic strengthening interventions including savi…

A Tool to Assess the Impact of Girls' Clubs and Savings Groups on AGYW

The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) launched the Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe (DREAMS) initiative in 2016 to accelera…

Retaining AGYW in HIV Prevention Programming: A Review of Girls' Clubs and Savings Groups in Mozambique

To strengthen adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) programming in Mozambique and inform the design, implementation, and monitoring of PEPFAR girls’ clubs and savings groups globally,…

State of Practice: Savings Groups and the Dynamics of Inclusion - Main Findings

This state of practice report provides a comprehensive overview of the inclusion of vulnerable populations in Savings Groups. Over the past 25 years, development organizations have mobilized m…

State of Practice: Savings Groups and the Dynamics of Inclusion

This state of practice report provides a comprehensive overview of the inclusion of vulnerable populations in Savings Groups. Over the past 25 years, development organizations have mobilized m…

Banking on Self-Help Groups-- Twenty Years On

The book contains outputs and findings of a study conducted by the author in the latter part of 2011 for ACCESS Development Services. It is based on secondary research undertaken for the study…

Focus Note: Savings Groups and Women's Financial Inclusion

Brief - Savings Count: Trends in access, use and the ecosystem of savings in Sub-Saharan Africa

What are the key findings in the Itad Savings Count report? Interview with Diana Deszo The consistent use of financial services can help the world’s poorest people better manage risks,…

Savings Count: Trends in access, use and the ecosystem of savings in Sub-Saharan Africa

What are the key findings in the Itad Savings Count report? Interview with Diana Deszo The consistent use of financial services can help the world’s poorest people better manage risks…