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Resource Type: Research papers

Leonard Mutesasira and Graham Wright

It Is Expensive to Be Poor: Losses Suffered by People...

The paper provides details of the richness and complexity of poor people’s attempts at saving...
May 1, 2002

Michael McCord

The Feedback Loop- A Process for Enhancing Responsiveness to Clients...

This paper highlights results of feedback processes at five ImpAct partner institutions–bank for low-income market,...
Apr 17, 2002

Sibusiso Moyo, David Musona, Wilfred Mbhele and Gerhard Coetzee

Use and Impact of Savings Services among Low Income People...

This paper discusses how low-income people in South Africa (SA) save, how they use different...
Mar 1, 2002

MSC

Dropouts in Northern Province, South Africa

The paper examines why two MFIs in north eastern South Africa suffer such remarkably high...
Jan 1, 2002

David Musona and Gerhard Coetzee

Use and Impact of Savings Services Among Poor People in...

This study shows the importance of savings for smoothing out peaks and troughs in income...
Dec 3, 2001

Nthenya Mule, Susan Johnson, Robert Hickson and Wambui Mwangi

Innovative Approaches to Delivering Microfinance Services: The Managed ASCA Model...

Examines the managed ASCAs operating in Central Province of Kenya. The study examines the strengths...
Nov 1, 2001
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