L-IFT is very pleased to work for Opportunity International and PHB on a financial diaries project designed to better understand the financial lives of refugees living in Uganda. Opportunity International aims to improve financial inclusion and relies on L-IFT’s human-centered … Continued
Welcome to our first L-IFT podcast! In it, Anne Marie van Swinderen, L-IFT’s managing director, and Andrew Magunda, L-IFT’s country manager in Uganda, talk about gender within L-IFT and L-IFT’s methodology as well as in our research results.
“When one window is opened to you, jump into the house and extend the opportunity by opening 10.” That’s what Mibaraka (standing in the picture) wrote. He then went on: “The experience with L-IFT pushed me to mobilize people for a saving … Continued
The story so far The first blog in this series was written just after a ‘corona lock-down’ was enforced in Bangladesh on 26th March 2020. It discussed the reaction to the shock of the 60 low-income households in central Bangladesh who volunteer as … Continued
To what extent are occupations shaped by the family’s educational record? In early 2018 we published a blog called Bangladesh and Education: doing well, could do better. It was based on late 2017 data from the Hrishipara Daily Financial Diaries project, which … Continued
Ngoy Daniel is originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) but due to the multiple challenges he faced in his country, he fled to Uganda, Nakivale Settlement in 2014. He is living in the settlement together with his wife … Continued
The story so far The first blog in this series was written just after an anti-corona lock-down was enforced in Bangladesh on 26th March 2020. We showed how the shock was dealt with by the 60 low-income households in central Bangladesh who volunteer … Continued
Dear Blog Readers, A few days ago I received a blog written jointly by Frehiwot (our program assistant) and Bingo, one of our faithful long-term researchers in Kiryandongo refugee settlement. The blog introduces Bingo and sheds some light on … Continued
A few months back, I was lucky enough to find myself on the way to Uganda, ready for the first fieldwork outside my country, Ethiopia. Two hours plane ride and one and a half hour of marvelous driving later, me … Continued
Living life under lock-down is a new and unpleasant experience for many around the world. We tried to investigate what it means to live under the lock-down as a refugee by asking questions about their day-to-day activities under lock-down and … Continued