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Resource Type: Research papers

Graham Wright and Leonard Mutesasira

The relative risks to the savings of poor people

In view of the highly risky nature of saving in the informal sector, it is...
Jul 16, 2018

Susan Johnson

What do informal groups teach us about what poor people...

The research undertaken for Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Kenya over the last six years demonstrates...
Jul 16, 2018

Susan Johnson

Why are friends and family central to the financial choices...

So is it just because people do not have access to formal services that these...
Jul 16, 2018

Graham Wright

Two perspectives on savings services

There are no magic formulas for designing appropriate savings products for poor people: it requires...
Jul 16, 2018

Alan Gelb, Anit Mukherjee and Kyle Navis

Digital Governance in Developing Countries: Beneficiary Experience and Perceptions of...

The latest paper from Centre for Global Development on digital governance in developing countries provides a picture...
Jul 13, 2018

Amina S Mendez and Amelia Greenberg

How ecosystem issues fail rural FIs to promote digital financial...

While the advantages of digital transformation for MFIs are set to be numerous, MicroSave takes stock on...
Jul 12, 2018
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