Impact investment and finance
We provide evidence on what works in financial inclusion and impact investing, assessing whether investments are additional to the market, mobilisation of finance and development impact and generating learning on what works in supporting poor people to access and use savings and lending mechanisms.
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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...
How a ‘landscape approach’ can help mobilise climate finance towards vulnerable groups and ecosystems
Our evaluation of the Dutch Fund for Climate and Development found that their framework offers an innovative solution to the...
Savings Evidence Map
A collection of 380 studies on savings-focused financial inclusion from Mastercard Foundation’s Savings Learning Lab project.
Upcoming webinar! Delivering inclusive finance
Proven approaches to delivering inclusive finance: Key lessons from two large-scale financial inclusion initiatives
Evaluating social entrepreneurship in India and Kenya
We are evaluating the Yunus Social Business Model to promote social entrepreneurship in India and Kenya, as contracted by the...
Evaluating Menstrual Hygiene and Health Development Impact in Ethiopia
We are carrying out an impact evaluation of the french Development Agency's Menstrual Hygiene and Health Development Impact...
Providing MEL support to the UK government’s Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development Programme
Itad is the monitoring, evaluation and learning partner to The Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development Programme...
Independent evaluation of the development impact of the Private Infrastructure Development Group
The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) is an infrastructure development and finance organisation that encourages...
Adapting to changing objectives in M&E: Lessons from measuring work
As M&E practitioners, we’ve seen it happen many times. Learning and accountability objectives change during the course of a...
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.
Why human-centered design (HCD) doesn’t always work for international development
A critical look at the use of HCD and what types of problems and organizations are best and worst suited for this method
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...
What works in human-centered design in international development
The Savings Learning Lab have published a review of human-centered design (HCD) and how it is applied in international...
SEEP 2020 Conference: What I learnt about digital Savings Groups
SEEP 2020 was my first virtual conference. While I participated in countless webinars and online discussions, this five-day...
Maintaining a critical link to last-mile customers: Challenges and opportunities facing financial service agents during COVID-19
Agents are a critical last-mile link to financial services for lower-income households and micro- and small enterprises,...
