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Wrap-Up of The Evidence Project—What the Evidence Tells Us

This is the culmination of my 15-month exploration of what we are learning about microfinance and world hunger—not just what Freedom from Hunger is learning from its own research into what works and what doesn’t, but also the research of others looking...
Wrap-Up of The Evidence Project—Building a Theory of Change

I have not offered an expanded Benefits Diagram (as Freedom from Hunger calls its theory of change) since Theme Six, when I completed the discussion of “intermediate outcomes.” Since then, I have explored the evidence pertaining to the business cases...
Impact on Child Nutrition Status

Theme Six of this blog is about better health and nutrition practices and greater use of vital health products and services. The emphasis is on knowledge and practices, not health and nutrition outcomes, because at that point in The Evidence Project...
Impact on Household Food Security

Theme Four of this blog is about household savings and consumption-smoothing. Post #49, in particular, showed that improvements in consumption-smoothing and ability to manage financial shocks are fairly reliable outcomes of microfinance access. This...
The Poverty Outreach of Savings Group Programs

The standard message from advocates is that savings group programs reach poorer people than do credit-led microfinance institutions (MFIs). In post # 78, I found that MFIs in general don’t do a great job of including the poor. Even the poor-oriented...

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Theme Two: A Better Deal from Microfinance Providers? Theme Three: More Profitable Business & More Household Income? Theme Four: More Household Savings & Better Consumption Smoothing? Theme Five: ...
Evidence Project | What We’ve Learned about Microfinance and World Hunger

The standard message from advocates is that savings group programs reach poorer people than do credit-led microfinance institutions (MFIs). In post # 78, I found that MFIs in general don’t do a great ...

Constructing a Theory of Change Diagram for Freedom from Hunger | Evidence Project

The plan for The Evidence Project is to construct a theory of change for Freedom from Hunger from the conclusions drawn from each of the Themes as they are covered. I also want to provide some indicat...