You Cannot Save Alone: Financial and Social Mobilisation in Savings and Credit Groups
Working at Both Ends: Enhancing Supply and Demand for Savings Mobilization in Rural Uganda
What the Pandemic Taught Us About Savings
Muktinath Bikas Bank offers eight different savings products, specially designed for rural and low-income people in Nepal. The 2020 European Microfinance Award winner shares their experience with savings from before and during the pandemic.
Does Informal Finance Still Matter?
Informal Savings Mechanisms (ISMs) have long been important to many people’s day-to-day money management across Africa. But as formal financial services become much more prevalent in the region, what will happen to these ISMs? Will they fall by the wayside as the digital revolution takes over?
Zooming in on Informal Savings Mechanisms in Zambia
Moving Proximity From Critical Issue to Addressable Challenge
How to Achieve the American Dream on an Immigrant's Income
Grace Majara Kibombo of CARE USA
Grace Majara Kibombo is a Senior Technical Advisor for CARE USA based in Kampala, Uganda. In this FinEquity Member Spotlight Interview, Grace tells us about the work CARE does to support women's financial inclusion, the value and impact of Savings Groups in Uganda, and how CARE was able to provide critical guidance to COVID-19 in record time.
Mapping It Out: Practical Tools for Reaching Remote Clients
This how-to webinar recording introduces low-cost practical approaches and tools, such as geolocation and data maps, that FSPs can use to address the proximity gap.
Saving to Build Resilience: At Odds With Saving for Future Goals?
New research takes a look at how formal savings accounts can help people manage financial risks as well as accumulate savings for the future.