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September 1, 2001
Tools for Field Staff›Best Practices
Principled Practices in Microfinance
CRS has a niche in the microfinance industry, but we can lose sight, from time to time, of why we do what we do. This guide reminds us of the bigger "why." It has two purposes for...More
October 16, 2017
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
Increasing Savings and Solidarity among Households with Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Rwanda [Spanish version]
This learning paper looks at linking the Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC) methodology with orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) programming in Rwanda. CRS...More
January 26, 2018
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
Community-based Savings and Loans Schemes for Improved Livelihoods and WASH Service Delivery - the Northern Ghana Experience
A CRS project in northern Ghana uses savings groups to help rural communities build useful lump sums of money without excessive debt or interest payments. The groups are organized...More
July 24, 2018
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
TANGIBLE BENEFITS TO CHILD WELLBEING SEEN AMONG HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATING IN SAVINGS AND INTERNAL LENDING COMMUNITIES (SILC)
This 4-page brief shares data about the effect of savings groups -- which CRS calls "SILC" (Savings and Internal Lending Communities) -- on vulnerable households in Nigeria...More
July 24, 2018
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
SMILE OVC PROGRAM USES TARGETED APPROACH TO BOOST TB CASE-FINDING AMONG VULNERABLE CHILDREN
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one million children (<15 years) currently suffer from tuberculosis (TB) worldwide, and more than 210,000 die each year. In...More
July 23, 2018
Research›Papers/Reports
PRIVATE SERVICE PROVIDER (PSP): A Review of Pricing Studies Performed by Expanding Financial Inclusion (EFI) in Africa Project
This two-page summary covers the main results of a study on pricing and payments observed in the EFI project, as well as CRS’s conclusions on how to implement its fee-for-service...More
July 23, 2018
Research›Papers/Reports
TESTING THE PROGRESS OUT OF POVERTY INDEX
This summary covers the main results of the report titled "Testing the Progress Out of Poverty Index: Triangulation of the PPI® with Key Informant Wealth Ranking Exercises and...More
July 23, 2018
Research›Papers/Reports
DEPTH OF POVERTY OUTREACH (15 pages)
Drawing from more than 25,000 PPI interviews, this report explores poverty outreach in Burkina Faso, Senegal, Uganda, and Zambia, addressing the following questions: What is the...More
July 23, 2018
Research›Papers/Reports
TESTING THE PROGRESS OUT OF POVERTY INDEX (full report)
This 36-page triangulation report addresses the following questions: What poverty category do the majority of SILC group members come from? How did the PPI poverty likelihoods...More
July 23, 2018
Research›Papers/Reports
THE SILC FINANCIAL DIARIES
This report answers the following questions: How do SILC households earn and spend money? What financial tools do SILC households use? How do SILC households use SILC services?...More