Olaposi Halim is a 35-year-old small business owner who started her business in 2017. She sells staples including soap, hand sanitizers, dairy products, bread, butter, and beverages. We talked to her about the challenges she faced and how she … Continued
Refugees arrive at settlement camps trying to escape the numerous challenges they face in their respective countries. But while they might be successful in escaping these problems, they are faced with many new challenges when entering the camps. One of … Continued
Taxes have been a topic of complaint since the concept was introduced to the world. Anyone that has been to a revenues bureau can attest to this fact. It is this understanding that drove us to try and get a … Continued
Since 2020, Ethiopia is passing through the toughest time in its history: in March the unprecedented world pandemic of COVID-19 started and in November the war broke out. In the midst of these problems, L-IFT won a contract with IFC … Continued
Daw Lae Lae Khaing, a business owner in the Shwe Pyi Thar Township, Myanmar, said that she surprisingly doesn’t have any challenges in getting supplies amidst the COVID pandemic. Even though her regular suppliers were running out of stock she … Continued
Case studies, case studies…. Ever since I started working on financial inclusion, clients required case studies as part of the deliverables. Whether conducting a study, an evaluation, a mid-term review, or developing program design, we almost always had to write … Continued
‘Utility Services’ is a chic word to describe things like electricity, piped drinking water, and other basic services, generally provided by the municipality or other government institutions. When I was young, the postal services and some banking services (postal savings … Continued
L-IFT was founded in 2015 and actually the reason we found it was because the Mastercard Foundation wanted us to conduct a diary study with young people, called Livelihoods Diaries. At the end of this diaries studies, I think … Continued
The grocery shop owner’s name is Daw Moe Moe Win Khaing, and her shop was established in May 2021. She also earns a second income by giving tailoring training services. However, the income generated by her tailoring lesson business is … Continued
The Corner Shop Diaries Project The Covid-19 toll – A look through the journey of Mohammad, a small corner shop owner in Mali My name is Mohammad Yattara, from Dire, region of Timbuktu in northern Mali. Since 2012 this part … Continued