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Paper

State of the Practice: Savings Group Linkages 2024

Based on interviews with 46 practitioners across various sectors, this report delineates the contemporary landscape of linkages between informal savings groups and formal financial services.

Case Study

Increasing Access to Formal Financial Services

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.

Slide Deck

Solidarity in Saving: Listening to Women's Needs During Crises

Based on 3,822 (majority women) VSLA member interviews, this brief represents quantitative data from Burundi, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, and Vietnam.

News

World Vision and VisionFund Sign Global MOU with DreamStart Labs

The partnership will allow accelerating the digitization of savings groups worldwide and give members easier and faster access to microloans and microinsurance.

Paper

Voices of India’s MSMEs: Insights Notes From the Diaries Access to Finance

This note discusses examples from MSC's Financial Diaries research on informal enterprises and provides recommendations for policymakers and financial service providers to address the credit gap for them.

FinDev Blog

Coping Strategies of Financially Distressed Households

Which clients are most likely to draw down savings, borrow or sell off assets to deal with reduced income? This data can help MFIs find ways to make savings products easier to access, use and afford.

FinDev Blog

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.

Paper

Digitizing BeninCajù Savings Groups - Final Project Report

This report shares important insights about the benefits of Village Savings and Lending Associations transitioning from paper to digital ledgers using the DreamSave app.

Paper

Savings Products for Low-Income Customers

This brief describes strategies adopted by a broad range of financial service providers to sustainably serve savings group members and other low-income savers.

News

Saving Through bKash to Expedite Financial Inclusion From Rural Backwater

The bKash feature will open up new avenues for people who are lagging behind in terms of financial inclusion and expedite digital transformation.