Savings and Climate Resilience
This knowledge review focuses on successes and challenges in building up climate resilience, across three dimensions: disaster preparedness, response, and adaptation to climate change.
Evidence Review of Women's Groups and COVID-19: Impacts, Challenges, and Policy Implications for Savings Groups in Africa
This brief presents emerging evidence from studies in diverse African contexts on how COVID-19 has affected savings groups and how these groups have helped mitigate the pandemic’s negative consequences in sub-Saharan Africa.
Savings and Retail Banking in Africa: A Case Study on Mobile Financial Services
This case study benchmarks the impact and potential of mobile financial services in several low-income markets in Africa.
Discover the European Microfinance Week 2020 Conference Report
Delve into the extensive summaries plus full recording of the EMW2020 sessions covering key topics such as the impact of & response to COVID-19, effective & inclusive savings, digital finance, climate change, client protection and more.
Now in English, Spanish and French: EMA2020 Publication on "Encouraging Effective & Inclusive Savings"
This publication pulls together the innovations and factors for success of the top-ten applicants, while outlining the enduring importance of access to savings to strengthen resilience of low-income households.
Helping Low- and Moderate-Income Malaysians Save
Insights from UNCDF's work with GoGet and Pod
Creating a Resilient New Normal for Savings Groups
World Vision shares how they are working to support community-level financial institutions and promote grassroots-level transformation of the financial system
Amid Pandemic, Household Savings Rise Slightly
Filipino households in the lower-income group, especially those in the rural areas of the country, are still struggling to save.
Innovation Fund for COVID Response and Recovery Through Savings Groups
The SEEP Network is excited to announce a challenge fund to support innovations in gender-intentional COVID response and recovery efforts related to Savings Groups.
Adaptive Fund Management in Practice: A Partnership Approach
Learning from the Savings at the Frontier program