Reviewing Egyptian community social fund (village savings and loans association, VSLA) as an approach for community social fund

Shaaban, Safaa

doi:10.15406/hij.2019.03.00105

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“…Furthermore, in-depth discussions revealed the existence of a social fund for health emergencies, targeting members whose children fall sick during the course of the year. The findings concur with Adams et al ( 2014 ) and Shaaban ( 2019 ) that VSL participants use their finances to upscale economic activities and enhance household health and welfare whilst others acquire business skills to diversify income sources. The behaviour displayed by women underscores the dominant narrative that they are agents of change in most localities (Morchain & Kelsey 2016 ); hence, more efforts should be channelled towards economic emancipation of this group to effectively transform consumption and ultimately well-being.…”

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Impact of women’s participation on village savings and loan on children’s nutritional diversity in rural Chimanimani in Zimbabwe

Mbiro

Ndlovu

2021

Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies

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The prevalence of malnutrition in children below the age of 5 years in rural Zimbabwe, resulting from low income and the inability to meet food and medical expenses, marks huge disparities between rich and poor households. Efforts to improve child health and nutrition status culminated in different strategies being employed, chief amongst them is the enhancement of access to financial capital for vulnerable communities through improved women participation in village savings and loan (VSL). The study sought to examine the influence of women’s participation in VSL and its impact on child health and nutrition in rural Chimanimani. Arnstein’s Ladder of Participation and the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) framework anchor discussions on the participation of women, VSL financial resources usage by women, contribution of VSL to food diversity for children and ultimately to food consumption patterns before and during women’s participation in VSL. The study was largely qualitative and explored the descriptive research design to collect data by using semi-structured questionnaires and in-depth interviews. The findings show that the majority of participants used funds from VSL to purchase food, invest in income-generating activities and finance medical expenses. Village savings and loan contribute to an increase in food consumption score and meal dietary diversity for children, and at the same time it improved child care, health and nutrition in the rural Shinja community. The study concluded that genuine participation of women in VSL positively influenced the improvement in children’s health and nutritional diversity and that the VSL model is a multifaceted tool, which can be intertwined with other interventions to contribute to the attainment of the sustainable development goals.

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confidence: 89%

Impact of women’s participation on village savings and loan on children’s nutritional diversity in rural Chimanimani in Zimbabwe

Mbiro

Ndlovu

2021

Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies

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“…They conducted two rounds of data surveys and a difference-in-difference method combined with the instrumental variable estimation method. Shaaban (2019) [43] Egypt/Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA)…”

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“…As can be seen from Table 3, many studies have analyzed village-related funds in different countries, and each country has its own implementation scheme, such as direct payments [35,37,38,41], loan/credit schemes [23,32,34,43], community driven development programs [29,40,42], and many others. However, none of them evaluated the implementation of those programs with respect to the achievement of SDGs, with some of them focusing only on some specific SDGs, such as infrastructure development and community welfare [18][19][20][21].…”

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The Village Fund Program in Indonesia: Measuring the Effectiveness and Alignment to Sustainable Development Goals

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This study analyzes the Indonesian Village Fund (VF) Program by mapping each VF-related activity to all 17 SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), and then determines an SDG-based VF allocation in 2018, 2019, and 2020. This study used data from all villages in Indonesia and is the most comprehensive study in Indonesia to address the knowledge gap between VF allocation and SDGs by analyzing the distribution of the use of the VF. The objectives of this paper are: (1) to provide the extent of VF usage to provide evidence on whether this utilization was aligned with the targeted SDGs, and (2) to provide information regarding village activities funded by the VF that were linked to each SDG. The results from this analysis can be used to encourage the Government to socialize and provide an understanding of SDGs to village leaders. Moreover, since Indonesia has developed Village SDGs, which are based on national SDG targets and localization of global SDGs to adapt to local culture as well as social and environmental conditions, it is recommended that other developing countries could formulate similar strategies to help achieve their national SDG targets and to develop rural areas in a more targeted way by prioritizing the most relevant issues. The study shares lessons learned from Indonesian experience in managing fiscal policy to more than 70,000 autonomous villages through the village fund program in the last five years.

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“…Countries across the globe have different terms for these Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) differently, irrespective of the groups bearing the same goals [7]. For instance, in Egypt they are called Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs) or, Accumulated Savings and Credit Associations [8,9]. Loans obtained from these associations are of low interest compared to other micro nance banks.…”

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“…Besides, literature indicates that in African countries like Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda, Nigeria, where CARE international and VSL Associates implement their programmes, similar impacts of VSLAs on members' lives and the economy in general have manifested [12,[15][16][17]. More importantly, the VSLs have signi cantly promoted gender equality by empowering women through economic decision-making at household and group levels [9,12,18]. Further, the program has helped to reduce or eradicate poverty by increasing the disposal income to individual members as well as increasing agricultural productivity through loans enabling them to afford farm inputs throughout the cycle [15,19,20].…”

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What is the Sustainability of Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) Amidst of Covid-19? Its Impact on Household Income Level and its Determining Factors-Lessons from Malawi, Sub-Saharan Africa

Munthali

Xuelian

Dzimbiri

et al. 2022

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Background: Food security, malnutrition and poverty are some of the challenges that most of the sub-Saharan African countries face, with the coming of Covid-19 the sustainability of Village Savings and Loans Association which are formed to counter fight these challenges is questioned. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess factors associated with the Sustainability of VSLAs amidst of Covid-19 and its impacts on households' income levels. Methods: An online cross-sectional design was conducted from November to January 2021, targeting VSLAs members in Mzuzu. A snowball and respondent-driven sampling technique was used to recruit the needful participants using a referral approach. IBM SPSS version 23 was used to perform descriptive statistics, Chi-Square, and binary logistic regression with unstandardized Beta (β), Odds Ratios (OR), and 95% Confidence Interval (CI) being taken into account with P-value set at P-value at 0.1, 0.05 and 0.01 significance levels. Results: Our study finds that household income declined by 54% for those earnings belonged to ˂ MK5,000, as compared to 38% and 15% for medium (MK5,000 ≥ MK10,000) and higher (>MK10,000) income bands respectively. Our study shows that gender (β=0.437, p=0.094), age-group (β=1.317, p=0.000), education (β=2.181, p=0.047), share contributions (β=1.035, p=0.008), and meetings (β=0.572, p=0.021), and occupation (β=-0.453, p=0.106), frequency of meeting (β=-0.507, p=0.049) were positively and negatively statistically significant predictors. Conclusion: Findings of this study shows that households with lower income earnings as one of the indicators of poverty are more affected by the pandemic than their counterparts. We recommend that the policymakers should continue and adopt, if they have not yet, programs that would help to assist low-income households, such as transfer of payments, which have proved to boost the income of the poor in many developing countries.

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Reviewing Egyptian community social fund (village savings and loans association, VSLA) as an approach for community social fund

Cited by 9 publications

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Impact of women’s participation on village savings and loan on children’s nutritional diversity in rural Chimanimani in Zimbabwe

Impact of women’s participation on village savings and loan on children’s nutritional diversity in rural Chimanimani in Zimbabwe

The Village Fund Program in Indonesia: Measuring the Effectiveness and Alignment to Sustainable Development Goals

What is the Sustainability of Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) Amidst of Covid-19? Its Impact on Household Income Level and its Determining Factors-Lessons from Malawi, Sub-Saharan Africa

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