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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…

Community-based Savings and Loan Schemes for Improved Livelihoods and WASH Service Delivery- the Northern Ghana Experience

SILC, as part of the I-SHINE project, has contributed to empowering rural communities to gain access to capital for investment in income-generating businesses through savings and loans. This h…

Proyecto Caminos de la Juventud

La metodología de Grupos de Ahorro y Prestamos (GAAP) se ha extendido a la población joven en el ámbito escolar en el municipio de Periquín, El Salvador. Varios ele…

Depth of Poverty Outreach: Evidence from EFI Savings Group Project (Brief)

In 2013, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) –with support from Mastercard Foundation –launched the expanding Financial Inclusion in Africa (EFI) project in Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ugand…

Depth of Poverty Outreach: Evidence from EFI Savings Group Project

In 2013, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) –with support from Mastercard Foundation –launched the expanding Financial Inclusion in Africa (EFI) project in Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ugand…

EFI Ethnographic Research: Uganda Country Report

The Expanding Financial Inclusion in Africa (EFI) project aims to ensure that vulnerable households experience greater financial inclusion to improve their resilience through participation in…

EFI Ethnographic Research: Senegal Country Report

The Expanding Financial Inclusion in Africa (EFI) project aims to ensure that vulnerable households experience greater financial inclusion to improve their resilience through particip…