Centre for Basic Research led a consortium of like-minded organization in the East African region to implement an applied research project titled: ‘Empowering Vulnerable Women in Eastern Africa through innovative savings Schemes. The project which was funded by International Development Research Centre (IDRC), ended in May 2021.
This appliedresearch project entailed collection of data to determine the impact of innovative savings schemes on women’s
empowerment and their ability to cope with vulnerability; and was implemented in Uganda, Kenya and Burundi.