This learning brief describes three models that USAID-funded Feed the Future Rural Resilience Activity utilized to provide formal financial services, in particular credit and savings, to previously excluded populations in Northeast Nigeria.

This case study shares key lessons from Sierra Leone’s experience using digital payments to help combat the Ebola crisis and highlights the need for governments to take early action, in partnership with the humanitarian and development community and the private sector.

Recommendations for interventions to revive income generating activities

Mobilizing savings during economic and political crises

Promoting savings products to help the poor cope with crises

Highlighting the role of Microinsurance in disaster management among low income groups in India.

How do microfinance organizations operate during a natural disaster?

Issues for a more flexible approach from MFOs to deal with natural disasters