Impact investment and finance – Publications
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Learning brief: savings products for low income customers
Can these be provided sustainably and at scale? Read this learning brief to find out how some financial service providers are...
Savings Evidence Map
A collection of 380 studies on savings-focused financial inclusion from Mastercard Foundation’s Savings Learning Lab project.
Evaluation of FMO (the Dutch Development Finance Institution)
The final report of the evaluation of FMO (the Dutch Development Finance Institution) provides insights into FMO’s...
Savings and climate resilience – A review of successes and challenges in current programming
Climate change is the most urgent challenge of our time, and the impacts disproportionately affect people living in poverty.
Human-centered design in international development: A review of what works and what doesn’t
Human-centered design (HCD) is a creative problem-solving approach that puts the customer or beneficiary at the centre, with...
Leveraging high-performing agents to deliver customer value
Throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, innovation is transforming how people conduct financial transactions and live their lives.
Savings evidence map synthesis report: 2021 update
Itad has developed the evidence map presented in this document as part of the Mastercard Foundation Savings Learning Lab.
Savings evidence map synthesis report summary: 2021 update
Itad has developed the evidence map presented in this document as part of the Mastercard Foundation Savings Learning Lab.
Expanding Financial Inclusion in Africa
This brief describes the findings of an ex-post evaluation of the Mastercard Foundation-funded Expanding Financial Inclusion...
Savings for youth: a review of evidence
This report is based on an in-depth review of 44 studies that examine the effects of a range of youth savings initiatives. The...
A brief introduction: Contribution Analysis and Bayesian Confidence Updating
This paper provides an introduction to contribution analysis and outlines how it establishes whether or not an intervention or...
Inception Report: Study of CDC’s mobilisation of private investment
This Inception Report describes our proposed approach to the longitudinal evaluation of CDC’s ability to mobilise private...
Nesta Impact Investments – Impact Strategy Audit Report
Itad conducted an Impact Strategy Audit of Nesta Impact Investments (NII). This assessed their use of the strategy and...
Savings count: Trends in access, use and the ecosystem of savings in Sub-Saharan Africa
The consistent use of financial services can help the world’s poorest people better manage risks, step out of poverty and...
Briefing paper – Savings count: Trends in access, use and the ecosystem of savings in sub-Saharan Africa
The consistent use of financial services can help the world’s poorest people better manage risks, step out of poverty and...
Summary Paper: Retrospective Impact Assessment 2005-2015, Financial Sector Deepening Trust Tanzania
During 2016, Itad, in association with MicroSave, undertook an impact assessment of Financial Sector Deepening Trust...
