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This study, conducted by Dnet under a grant provided through USAID’s Mobile Solutions and Technical Assistance (mSTAR) project, captures how customer acquisition agents for Dnet’s Aponjon Program are using mobile phones. Aponjon is an mHealth initiative focused on maternal and child healthcare. Aponjon deploys agents across the country to increase subscriptions to the mobile phone service; agents receive an incentive payment based on the number of customer acquisitions they make.

CARE’s Pathways program is based on the conviction that women farmers possess enormous potential to contribute to long-term food security for their families and substantially impact nutritional outcomes in sustainable ways.

To assist other FSPs considering an introduction (or improvement) of youth-focused services, this paper synthesizes key recommendations, best practices and lessons learned from the ten FSPs that YouthStart supported during their pilot tests.

5 Capitals facilitates learning about the potential of value chain development (VCD) to strengthen rural livelihoods and improve business performance.

This paper summarizes the findings of a learning initiative to study the integration of Savings Groups (SGs) and other developmental activities.

In an effort to identify appropriate interventions and policies for improving food security, this paper provides a synthesis of recent research into the behavior of producers and consumers of staple food crops in Eastern and Southern Africa.

Accurate measurement of profits from microenterprises is critical for studying poverty and inequality.

Exploring Opportunities for Sustainable Scaling Up when Financing Water Supply and Sanitation Services.

This presentation synthesizes lessons learned to date from the case studies being conducted by the Micro Insurance Centre.