The goal of community development should be to improve the lives of as many disadvantaged people as possible with a minimum amount of resources. The field can achieve this goal by identifying those community development projects that are both efficient and have significant social impacts, and then scaling up. However, without effective evaluations, it is impossible to gauge progress. Effective evaluations include randomized experiments and well-designed observational studies, both of which can measure the impact to society. This article analyzes the best evaluation methods in international development, including examples of evaluation toolkits, with the aim of helping community development practitioners apply the methods to projects in the ...
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Lack of access to banking is a major problem that contributes to inequality in the developing world....
Access to financial services is one of the fundamental engines of development. According to recent e...
In the United States, the poor often lack access to mainstream banking services. Instead, they rely ...
‘Financial Inclusion’ has over the years assumed a central role in poverty alleviation by connecting...
There have been a number of objectives linked to the necessity of financial inclusion. The deprived ...
Purpose- We respond to some challenges in the transition to Sustainable Development Goals by examini...
This study assesses human development thresholds at which mobile banking mitigates poverty and inequ...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2022Globally, about 24% of adults lack access to a basic a...
The country progresses not only of growth of income but it is dependent on the sustainable growth of...
This article considers current proposals for using electronic payments systems to promote financial ...
This paper investigates whether financial development is conducive in poverty reduction. Separating ...
We assess the correlations between mobile banking and inclusive development (poverty and inequality)...
The Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion Project (FDIP) employs 33 indicators to comparatively ...
Even with such a diverse set of actors, this paper will argue that it is irrational not to have a fu...
International audienceThis study assesses the role of Information and Communication Technologies (IC...
Lack of access to banking is a major problem that contributes to inequality in the developing world....
Access to financial services is one of the fundamental engines of development. According to recent e...
In the United States, the poor often lack access to mainstream banking services. Instead, they rely ...