Jun 11, 2018 | Sukhwinder Arora and Paul Rippey
Insights from a study funded by the Savings at the Frontier programme (a partnership between Mastercard Foundation and Oxford Policy Management) have revealed the phenomenon of deposit collect…
May 18, 2018 | Emma Fawcett
Mali has one of the highest fertility rates in the world, with an average of more than 6 children per woman. Closely spaced births also contribute to maternal mortality (587 deaths per 100,000…
May 14, 2018 | Olayinka David-West
In my previous post on my participation at the International Conference for Responsible and Inclusive Finance (ICRIF), I summarized key highlights from the panel discussion on 'The Business of…
May 10, 2018 | Anne Marie van Swinderen
In the weeks leading up to SG2018: The Power of Savings Groups in Kigali, all presenters and participants are thinking about what people already know about Savings Groups and what the rest of…
May 9, 2018 | Abigail Bondzie
Photo Credit: © CARE International Introduction “Mata Masu Dubara” (MMD) translates from Hausa to English as “Women on the Move” (WoM). WoM was birthed in 1991 in…
May 7, 2018 | Ben Taylor, Ekram El-Huni, and Alexandre Gachoud
A Call for Evidence The humanitarian field is used to dealing with imperatives. Fixing problems because the consequences of not fixing them are seen to be too grave. But the ways in which the…
May 1, 2018 | Paul Rippey and Naveed Somani
In this blog, Paul Rippey of Savings Revolution and Naveed Somani, MREL Manager of the Savings at the Frontier (SatF) programme (a partnership between Mastercard Foundation and Oxford Policy M…
Apr 24, 2018 | Mercy Corps
The monsoon rains fell without stop, seemingly indifferent to the trauma community members of Dhungkharka had just endured, as it pelted the crude and waterlogged temporary shelter they huddle…
Apr 24, 2018 | Roselyne Uwamahoro
Savings Groups (SGs) are recognized as the first step towards formal financial inclusion in the Rwandan financial market, thanks to their support to low-income populations and financially excl…
Apr 19, 2018 | Diana Dezso
Financial inclusion practitioners and others invested in this field relentlessly seek to learn more about what works and what doesn’t. A few questions are on the top of their minds: Doe…
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