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Tag: Informal finance
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
Use and Impact of Savings Services Among Poor People in Zimbabwe: What It Means for Microfinance Institutions
This study outlines the reasons for which poor people save and the methods through which they rely on generally informal mechanisms in Zimbabwe.
Aug 1, 2001
Use and Impact of Savings Services Among the Poor in Uganda
This report shares findings that improve knowledge and understanding of how poor people in Uganda save with the informal mechanisms like banks, moneylenders, pawnbrokers, money guards, deposit collectors, ROSCAs, ASCAs
Jan 8, 1998
David Hulme, Graham Wright, Henry Sempangi, Leonard Mutesasira and Stuart Rutherford
Jan 8, 1998
David Hulme, Graham Wright, Henry Sempangi, Leonard Mutesasira and Stuart Rutherford
