Economic Development

VSLA Securing Rights and Improving Livelihoods of Women Kadam Elkhair

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Sectors: Gender Equality, savings groups, Women's Economic Empowerment
Languages: English
Country: Egypt
Evaluation Type: Final
Keywords: Economic Development, Gender, Iga, VSLA, Women's Empowerment

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Final evaluation report of kadem el-khair project final

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Sectors: Gender Equality, savings groups, Women's Economic Empowerment
Languages: English
Country: Egypt
Evaluation Type: Final
Keywords: Economic Development, Gender, Iga, VSLA, Women's Empowerment

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Grad final evaluation report

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Sectors: climate change resilience, Food and Nutrition Security, Women's Economic Empowerment
Languages: English
Country: Ethiopia
Evaluation Type: Final
Keywords: Agriculture, Climate Change, Economic Development, Environment, Natural Resources, Resilience, Value Chains

This 138 page external evaluation highlights findings from Feed the Future (USAID) GRAD program in E... Read More...

LINK UP Final Project Evaluation

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Sectors: savings groups, Women's Economic Empowerment
Languages: English
Country: Regional/Global
Evaluation Type: Final
Keywords: Economic Development, Financial Linkages, VSLA

This report focuses on the potential of linkages between formal financial services and savings groups to create change for the savings groups, banks, and households. One of the projects that is involved in this work in LINK Up, a project supported by CARE, Access Africa and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. LINK Up is a 3.5 year project working with savings groups in Tanzania and Kenya.
We use multiple datasets to explore trends over time that can answer the three guiding learning questions embedded in the LINK Up project.
(1) What is the impact of access to formal financial services on savings groups?
(2)What does the account performance look like for these groups and how does this affect the associated banks’ business models.
(3) What value do the people involved derive from gaining access to formal financial services?
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