Comparative Evaluation of Community-Managed Savings-Led Approaches in the Mekong
Countries and communities in the Mekong region access their financial services using many diverse, different forms of community managed financial institutions. In 2016, CARE Australia partnered with Coady International Institute (Coady) to undertake an evaluative study to gain a better understanding of the savings approaches being implemented in the Mekong region (Vietnam, Lao, Cambodia, and Myanmar) and to evaluate the VSLA model in terms of effectiveness, sustainability, and impacts. This involved a desk review of work across the four countries and field evaluation in Cambodia and Myanmar.
