FINANCIAL INCLUSION & COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE

Creating Stronger Local Economic Opportunities.

Inclusive financial systems can help individuals, households and communities build greater economic resilience. HIA supports programmes and organisations working to strengthen community finance, savings and enterprise development.

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Community Finance

We support the design, assessment and strengthening of community-based financial systems, including Village Savings and Loan Associations and community savings initiatives. Our work can help organisations understand how these systems are performing and where improvements may be needed.

INSIGHT · STRATEGY · IMPACT

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Enterprise Development

Financial inclusion becomes more meaningful when people can use financial opportunities to develop sustainable livelihoods.

HIA supports business-development initiatives for women-, youth- and community-led enterprises, including business ideas, market opportunities and practical enterprise planning.

Connecting Finance & Opportunity

WHAT THIS CAN MEAN

We can also support initiatives involving microfinance, digital payments, financial literacy and links between cash-transfer programmes and longer-term economic opportunities.

THE RESULT

Stronger community financial systems and better opportunities for people and enterprises to participate in local economic activity.

Primary focus: governance, resilience, private sector development, research, humanitarian strategy and institutional strengthening across Somalia, Kenya, the Horn of Africa and Eastern Africa.

Creating Stronger Local Economic Opportunities.

Enterprise Development

Connecting Finance & Opportunity

Stronger community financial systems and better opportunities for people and enterprises to participate in local economic activity.

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