How Women Help Women Gain Control of Their Financial Lives
Lauren Hendricks says using female agents can help to overcome social barriers, and in doing so, help women gain more control over their financial lives.
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Helping Women Control their Financial Lives through Digital Financial Services
Lisa Kienzle writes that financial services can give women greater autonomy, and with it the ability to make decisions in the best interests of themselves and their children.
How Seattle became a global leader in health and development
Grameen Foundation is highlighted in this piece on the growing clusters of global health and international development organizations in Seattle.
Grameen Foundation India has trained over 20,000 poor women in using mobile and digital finance solutions: Prabhat Labh
My vision for GFI is to focus on a holistic approach to financial inclusion and digital finance, which moves beyond simplistic access to a bank account or payment system to a system where digital finance can make a real difference in the lives of poor.
Boosting Resilience Means Families Can Maintain Nutrition and Income
Poor, rural families in developing countries are less insulated and feel variations in climate and weather more keenly as their nutrition, health and income depend on their immediate environment.
World Hunger and Poverty Facts
Learn the facts about hunger and poverty – find out what you can do.
The price of good health
May 31, 2017 by Dr. Gabriela Salvador
Several years ago, while working with an indigenous Guatemalan community to improve health access, a pregnant woman experiencing severe convulsions arrived at the local clinic. Fatima was close to full term, and had two young children by her side. But her convulsions were already out of control. She died shortly after arriving.
Venus and Mars: Together or Separate in Financial Inclusion?
January 19, 2017 by Bobbi Gray
Many people consider the book, Men are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, by Dr. John Gray a classic. While it describes how men and women can better understand and relate to each other, it starts from the premise that men and women are simply from different planets. We don’t think or behave alike. We have different expectations for a relationship. But there are bridges that can bring us together—if we can locate and cross them effectively.
Deconstructing Drop-Out: Uncovering the reasons behind attrition among village-banking microfinance clients
Clarity on the underlying factors contributing to client drop-out can be a launching point for an expanded discussion on the objectives and measurement methods of client retention. Freedom from Hunger used its “impact story” methodology to present the stories and reasons for dropping out from 59 village-banking microfinance clients representing seven countries and microfinance institutions (MFIs).
Grameen Foundation cited in new report on smallholder farmers
Grameen Foundation is cited as one of the few organizations that have built credit assessment tools specifically for smallholder farmers in a new report by the Initiative for Smallholder Finance that explores how innovative lenders are using new data sources and analytics to assess the creditworthiness of borrowers.