Can a simple debit card have more impact on women’s empowerment outcomes than microcredit?Watch IPA’s Financial Inclusion Program's webinar from March 23rd, 2017, to explore the latest evidence on the role of financial products in achieving women’s economic empowerment.

Workshop on Phase One Implementation of Financial Education through SACCOs Program: Overview, Lessons Learned, and Impact EvaluationOn March 8, 2017, IPA Rwanda—in partnership with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN), the World Bank, and the Rwanda Institute for Cooperatives, Entrepreneurship and Microfinance (RICEM)—organized a workshop to share achievements and lessons learned in implementing Phase One of the Financial Education through Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) Program.Participants also discussed IPA’s ongoing impact evaluation of the same program.

Innovations for Poverty Action, Professor Jonathan Zinman (Dartmouth College), and Professor Dean Karlan (Yale University) partnered with RiteCheck to develop a safe savings product for check cashing customers.