CARE has pioneered an approach that meets the need for microfinance at the very bottom rung of the world's economic ladder. CARE Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) empower women to pool their savings – with no outside capital – and then make loans to each other to start small businesses or pay for important life expenses. Read more about our VSLA approach, along with other best practices at work in Africa, in CARE's most recent report: "Microfinance in Africa: Bringing Financial Services to Africa's Poor."
Latest Publications
Community Markets for Food Security and Alternative Livelihoods: A Case Study
- Countries: South Africa, Zambia
- Published: January 2009
Assessing the effectiveness of home based care kits
- Countries: South Africa, Zambia
- Published: January 2009
NGOs and Humanitarian Reform: Mapping Study - DRC Report
- Co-authors: Tasneem Mowjee
- Published: December 2008
Living on the Edge - Paying the price of inaction
- Co-authors: Amber Meikle/ Vanessa Rubin / CIUK
- Published: September 2008
Independent Evaluation of CARE Bangladesh's Cyclone Sidr Response Programme
- Countries: Bangladesh
- Co-authors: Ian Tod, S. M. Nurul Alam, Nayeem Wahra, Tanzina Hoque, Rukshana Begum
- Published: August 2008
Independent Evaluation of Cyclone Sidr Response & Rehabilitation Program
- Countries: Bangladesh
- Published: August 2008
Introduction of livelihoods diversification activities to boost household incomes of vulnerable communities in Northern Kenya
- Co-authors: RELPA ELMT
- Published: January 2008
