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What do we need to know about financial inclusion in Africa?
Researchers sometimes speak about ‘the streetlight effect.’ There are different versions of this story, but most follow along these lines:
A policeman sees a man searching for something under a streetlight and asks what he has lost. … Read More >
The workshops in the Formal Savings Track of the 2011 SEEP Annual Conference tackled questions that many of us face when it comes to savings:
Is there a business case?
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How do I design a savings product that is relevant and that clients will value?
What changes do I need to manage in order … Read More >
The SEEP Network and MIX Present
A Conversation on Financial Inclusion in Africa
with Audrey Linthorst and Scott Gaul
Have you heard about this report? Has it been relevant to your work? Would you like a chance to discuss it with the authors?
http://africa.mixmarket.org/
Africa has among the lowest rates of financial inclusion and investment worldwide, … Read More >
Despite the dramatic growth in microfinance, especially microcredit, in the past few decades, the road to total financial inclusion remains a long one. While 190 million people have been reached so far, 2.7 billion people still lack access to formal financial services. In large part, this is because brick and mortar models are costly and take time … Read More >
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A new study from The MasterCard Foundation, Microfinance Opportunities, and Genesis Analytics provides an answer to the question: what does the current state of practice in financial education look like?
The report, Taking Stock: Financial Education Initiatives for the Poor, approaches issues of scale, sustainability, and impact—all with caution. The programs … Read More >
The road to Arusha, Tanzania. | Image by Kat Stan
In the afternoon of the first day of the Arusha Savings Groups Summit, I participated in a small group discussion about the poverty levels that savings groups are best suited to, and the levels that savings groups reach among their members. As facilitator of SEEP’s … Read More >
