Tag: Financial inclusion
Money Managers: The Poor and Their Savings
This note briefly discusses the savings needs of poor people in various stages of their lives and categorises the expenditures into life cycle events, emergencies and opportunities.
Aug 12, 2002
HIV/AIDS- Responding to a silent economic crisis
This note talks about the impact of HIV/AIDS on the microfinance clients, their coping mechanisms, and role of microfinance in enabling the clients to cope with the crisis.
Jun 4, 2002
Are You Poor Enough? Client Selection by MicroFinance Institutions
This note addresses the issue of client selection by MFIs.
Feb 16, 2002
Innovative Approaches to Delivering Microfinance Services: The Managed ASCA Model in Kenya
Examines the managed ASCAs operating in Central Province of Kenya. The study examines the strengths and weaknesses of this alternative approach to supporting financial services for the poor.
Nov 1, 2001
Nthenya Mule, Susan Johnson, Robert Hickson and Wambui Mwangi
E/M-Banking for Financial Inclusion in India: Opportunities and Challenges
In 2012 Ignacio Mas worked with MSC to look at the state of digital financial services in India, the type of products that poor people want, and the role of microfinance institutions/SHGs in digital financial services systems. Ignacio also ran a training for all MSC staff, and we then asked him to record some of […]
Jun 14, 0201