An initiative of 
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…
2018 | VisionFund International
During the period of September to December 2018, VisionFund assessed 215 groups, representing more than 6,700 members in West Nile, Uganda to analyze their savings and lending activity, the pr…
2019 | Katherine Rickard (Nathan Associates)
As Savings Groups increasingly serve as a pillar of gender-focused programs, there is a need to better understand the pathways between Savings Groups and women’s empowerment. The purpose…
2018 | Silvia Storchi (SaveAct)
This study uses a Realist Evaluation (RE) approach to explore impact not as a direct result of an intervention or input, but in relation to the context in which a programme intervention takes…
2018 | Silvia Storchi (SaveAct)
This study uses a Realist Evaluation (RE) approach to explore impact not as a direct result of an intervention or input, but in relation to the context in which a programme intervention takes…
2018 | SaveAct
The emphasis of financial inclusion is now on how more competitive financial markets can work better for poor people (Porteous, 2004). It acknowledges that increasing financial inclusion requi…
2018 | Itad
The overall goal of the evidence map is to provide consolidated access to relevant evidence related to savings-focused financial inclusion and enable users to navigate and find existing eviden…
2012 | Ajay Tankha (SAGE Publications)
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…
2017 | Niamh Barry, Annabel Schiff, and Jonathan Donner (Caribou Digital)
The Digital Finance Evidence Gap Map (EGM) serves as the inventory of client-level impact. The interactive EGM and supporting narratives provide an overview of the evidence of the effects of D…
2017 | Elisabeth Resch (Oxford Policy Management)
SatF is a five and a half year (2015-2021) partnership between The MasterCard Foundation and Oxford Policy Management to improve the financial inclusion of low-income individuals and communiti…
2017 | The SEEP Network
On February 16, 2017, the SEEP Network, in partnership with FSD Africa, convened a national stakeholder meeting in Benin for all stakeholders that engage with Savings Groups (SGs) in the count…
2019 | 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…
2017 | CARE Afghanistan
The objective of the research is to foster a better understanding of Village Savings and Loan Associations, Community Based Savings Groups and Savings and Credit Groups in Afghanistan. The obj…
2017 | Catholic Relief Services
In 2014, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) launched a two-year Financial Diaries project in Kasama, the capital of Zambia’s Northern Province, to understand the experience of low-income hou…
2017 | Eric Noggle (Microfinance Opportunities) and Catholic Relief Services
In 2014, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) launched a two-year Financial Diaries project in Kasama, the capital of Zambia’s Northern Province, to understand the experience of low-income hou…
2017 | Megan Gash
A systematic review of the evidence on Savings Groups, based on 53 studies conducted between 2004 and 2017, this paper provides a generalized theory of change for Savings Groups, describes the…
2017 | FSD Kenya
FSD Kenya has invested substantially in supporting savings groups (SGs) based on the hypothesis that these kinds of informal services are more accessible to underserved markets. Leveraging on…
2015 | Lindsey Parr (USAID) and Jessica Bachay (FHI 360)
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the literature on the impact of community-based savings group (SG) interventions on children’s wellbeing in resource-poor environments. SG…
2013 | Megan Gash
There is widespread agreement that financial inclusion for the very poor is a critically important aspect of economic development. Access to reliable and affordable financial services is essen…
2013 | Stuart Cameron and Eric Ananga (Plan International)
This report examines the educational effects of household participation in Savings Groups based on a review of the literature and primary research in Ghana.
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