By Kimberly Davies, Program Officer, Financial Services
You’ve finally gotten that new savings product off the ground and into people’s hands. They sign up in droves—and then they go silent.
Grameen Foundation Insights
The global movement to end poverty and hunger depends on the constant exchange of experience and ideas. That’s why we are eager to share our experiences with people like you.
Our Insights blog shares lessons learned from leaders in the field; examines efforts to bring resources and services to poor communities; and reviews how poverty-focused organizations are using data for greater impact.
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03/24/2014
03/24/2014
You know mobile money for the unbanked is getting hot when there’s a standing-room-only crowd at the Mobile World Congress.
03/21/2014
One key area of Grameen Foundation’s work is collecting, analyzing and sharing data that can help us and other organizations create better tools and services for the world’s poor. Answering the “so what?” question makes the reams of data we collect more meaningful and helps us to deliver valuable insights to various audiences.
02/19/2014
02/08/2014
Bill Gates visits MOTECH, an mHealth joint initiative by Grameen Foundation and the Ghana Health Service
01/24/2014
By Juan Forero, Mobile Financial Services & Commercial Manager, Grameen Foundation
01/15/2014 by Alex Counts
Just as increasing use of a “gender lens” has transformed thinking about and the practice of international development in recent decades, so too can behavioral economics in the near future. In some cases, this discipline explains and reaffirms current practice. In other cases, the study of behavioral economics provides an alternative explanation of why some things work and others don’t. In s
01/13/2014 by Alex Counts
The field of behavioral economics – the intersection of psychology and economics – is fairly new. This is a partial explanation of why its lessons have not yet been applied much to microfinance and anti-poverty programs generally. But this is clearly changing, and none-too-soon, as microfinance in particular is in need of reinvention and rebranding.
12/23/2013
At Grameen Foundation, we’re committed to sharing our experiences and insights with others. Only together can we leverage the resources and know-how to connect the world’s poor to their potential.