ActionAid

At the start of March, international development ministers from the world’s richest countries will gather round the table in Paris to identify the actions needed to make aid work for one billion people living in extreme poverty. Two years ago in Rome, these same countries made a series of commitments to reform the aid system, […]

The potential of savings, credit and other financial services to support the livelihoods of poor people is increasingly being recognised. Microfinance interventions can raise incomes, contribute to individual and household security, and change social relations for the better. But it cannot be assumed that they will do so. It may often be more effective in […]