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Tag: Informal channel
What do informal groups teach us about what poor people want in their financial services?
The research undertaken for Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Kenya over the last six years demonstrates how Kenyans want their money to help them live well.
Jul 16, 2018
Why are friends and family central to the financial choices of Kenyans?
So is it just because people do not have access to formal services that these social networks are important or are there dimensions of this borrowing that have an intrinsic value?
Jul 16, 2018
The Provident Financial Model: Innovation in South Africa’s Microfinance Industry
This research paper seeks to explore the options left to clients in the absence of user-owned and managed MFIs, and the clients’ perceptions and attitudes towards this possibility.
Jan 1, 2003
Where There Is No Banker: Financial Systems In Remote Rural Uganda
This paper looks at how poor people manage their money in an environment where there are no semi-formal or formal financial service providers.
May 1, 2002