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Note From Ivory Coast: VSLAs Emerge From Crisis |
May 2, 2012 |
After all the violence, burned houses, and destroyed fields following the 2011 elections, women have restarted their Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) group meetings. |
Credit, Conflict, Finance, Savings, Côte d'Ivoire, Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Note From AMAP: Developing a Shared Commitment to the Value Chain Approach |
April 4, 2012 |
Jeanne Downing of USAID and Ruth Campbell and Olaf Kula of ACDI/VOCA share insights on the achievements of the AMAP project. |
Knowledge & Learning, Value Chains |
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Note From Central Europe: Roma Economic Inclusion and the Road to Legitimacy |
March 7, 2012 |
In an effort to foster greater Roma economic inclusion, researchers and implementers have looked at entrepreneurship and microfinance as tools to move Roma out of poverty. |
Entrepreneruship, Finance, Microfinance, Europe and Eurasia |
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Note From the Dominican Republic: Empowering Girls and Their Communities Through Savings |
February 1, 2012 |
Recognizing the potential impact of providing girls with access to financial services, Women’s World Banking created a program to design and deliver savings products and financial education to girls and young women. |
Education, Finance, Savings, Dominican Republic, Private Sector Development, Latin America and Caribbean |
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Note From the Horn of Africa: Leveraging Mobile Technology to Link Somali Youth with Jobs |
January 11, 2012 |
Mobile phone software venture Souktel has partnered with EDC to develop a cell phone-based job information service for Somali youth called JobMatch. |
Workforce Development, Labor, Sub-Saharan Africa, Technology, Somalia |
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Note From IMTFI: Mobile money regulation -- A story arc of best practices and emerging realizations |
December 6, 2011 |
Rather than being dictated from the traditional centers of financial regulatory authority and expertise, mobile money regulation is emerging from a unique South-South conversation and knowledge transfer. |
Mobile Financial Services, Finance, Technology |
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Note From Kenya: Improving Value Chains for Smallholder Farmers Through a Complete Service Model |
November 9, 2011 |
One Acre Fund started in 2006 to serve smallholder farmers like Razoa Wasiki, a Kenyan woman working hard to build a better life for her children. |
Agriculture, End Markets, Education, Integrated services, Finance, Rural and agricultural finance, Value Chains |
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Note From Bolivia: Fostering Sustainable Tourism by Expanding Market Reach |
October 5, 2011 |
When Hamilton McNutt arrived in Bolivia to work as part of the USAID-funded IBA project, he was immediately intrigued by the efforts of the San Miguel del Bala community to develop a small eco-lodge in the middle of the Amazon. |
Bolivia, Latin America and Caribbean |
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Note From the Philippines: Client Learnings on Microsavings |
September 7, 2011 |
Grameen Foundation is partnering with CARD Bank in a three-year project aimed at scaling up CARD’s offerings of safe, convenient, and affordable savings products to poor clients. |
Asia, Finance, Savings, Philippines, Technology |
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Note From Zambia: Increasing Access to Inputs for Smallholder Farmers Through Agro-Dealers and Zambikes |
August 3, 2011 |
Over 3 years, CARE has developed a network of over 600 rural agro-dealers in Zambia. The network has sold over $5 million in inputs to more than 90,000 smallholders in 3 regions. |
Agriculture, Supporting Markets, Upgrading, Sub-Saharan Africa, Value Chains, Zambia |
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Note From Jordan: Helping Women Manage Risk Through Microinsurance |
July 6, 2011 |
Women’s World Banking has helped Jordan’s Microfund for Women launch the Caregiver Microinsurance Policy. |
Insurance, Education, Finance |
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Note From Mali: Behavior Change Approach Improves Agricultural Outcomes |
June 1, 2011 |
Abt Associates’ Agricultural Behavior Change (AgBC) approach and how it’s been applied in Mali. |
Agriculture, Food Security, Knowledge & Learning, Mali, Sub-Saharan Africa, Value Chains |
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Note From Sierra Leone: Borrowers Benefit From Mobile Money Integration |
May 4, 2011 |
Mobile money and its integration with microfinance are helping to reduce costs and companies like Kopo Kopo are leading the way. |
Mobile Financial Services, Finance, Microfinance, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sierra Leone, Technology |
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Note From the Global Commercial Microfinance Consortium: Making the Microfinance Industry More Sustainable |
April 6, 2011 |
One key obstacle to the microfinance sector’s growth is its own access to financing; Deutsche Bank established the Global Commercial Microfinance Consortium to address this problem. |
Asia, Credit, Finance, Microfinance, Mongolia, Risk Management |
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Note From Paraguay: A Passion for Building Value Chains |
March 2, 2011 |
Farmers learn about the potential of passion fruit through Paraguay Productivo, a USAID agricultural development program |
Agriculture, Finance, Rural and agricultural finance, Paraguay, Latin America and Caribbean |
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Note From Ethiopia: Mitigating Conflict by Strengthening Livelihoods |
February 3, 2011 |
Mercy Corps is working in Ethiopia to identify how economic interventions can support the reduction of poverty and conflict |
Conflict, Ethiopia, Livelihoods, Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Note From Mali: Trickle Up Programs Empower People With Disabilities |
January 5, 2011 |
Trickle Up serves people with disabilities, empowering them through trainings, savings groups and advocacy. |
Finance, Savings, Livelihoods, Mali, Microenterprise Development, Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Note From Malawi: Encouraging Microenterprise Development Through Milk Bulking Groups |
December 8, 2010 |
The Malawi Dairy Development Alliance has improved livelihoods, links to BDS, and nutrition for smallholder farmers. |
Agriculture, Supporting Markets, Upgrading, Food Security, Malawi, Livelihoods, Microenterprise Development, Sub-Saharan Africa, Value Chains |
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Note From India: Transforming Lives of Informal Sector Workers Through LabourNet |
November 9, 2010 |
By offering access to essential services, LabourNet creates sustainable benefits for workers in India's informal sector. |
Asia, India, Labor, Risk Management, Technology |
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Note From the West Bank/Gaza: Expanding Opportunities for SMEs |
October 6, 2010 |
PIP is a fixed capital financing mechanism that assists SMEs by funding of new equipment and providing technology transfers. |
Finance, SME finance, West Bank/Gaza, Gender, Livelihoods, Middle East |
