The Global Financial Inclusion Initiative (GFII) at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) invites Expressions of Interest (EOI) submissions from teams of researchers and practitioners who wish to conduct rigorous research on innovative products and programs that enhance poor households' access to and usage of improved financial tools, products, and services. The initiative focuses its research on three areas within the financial inclusion domain: savings, payments, and financial capability.
EOI submissions will be assessed under two project categories: (1) Product Tests and (2) Product Evaluations. All submitted projects must demonstrate a clear hypothesis and a rigorous study design for a randomized evaluation. Innovative research projects building on existing field experiments will also be accepted under each category.
For more information on the Call for Expressions of Interest and to download the application form, please visit www.poverty-action.org/financialinclusion/eoi2013.
Deadline for Submission: 23 August 2013
Please direct all questions to gfii@poverty-action.org.
Best regards,
The GFII Team
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The Global Financial Inclusion Initiative (GFII) manages two research funds: the Yale Savings and Payments Research Fund, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Citi IPA Financial Capability Research Fund, supported by the Citi Foundation. GFII welcomes EOIs that are relevant to the research agenda of either fund.
The Yale Savings and Payment Research Fund (YASPR), supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and managed by IPA in collaboration with Yale University, supports studies on innovations encouraging and allowing the poor to save more towards their own life goals, and use innovative payment channels. With a focus on engaging new technologies and delivery channels such as mobile and agent banking, the projects under this fund study what works best for the poor in mobilizing savings and facilitating payments.
The Citi IPA Financial Capability Research Fund (FCRF), supported by the Citi Foundation, aims to contribute to the sparse evidence on ways to improve financial capability by supporting rigorous evaluations of promising interventions in three areas where financial service providers can act to improve the financial capabilities of potential and existing clients: product-linked financial education, incentives for behavior change, and product design to encourage appropriate use of financial instruments.
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