Financial Education for the Poor

Financial Education for the Poor provides practical information and tools on household money management to strengthen the poor’s abilities to manage their money effectively and, as a result, improve their families’ well-being. This section contains materials that describe this important intiative.

Financial Education at a Glance

This flier describes Financial Education for the Poor, a joint project by Microfinance Opportunities and Freedom from Hunger with funding from the Citigroup Foundation. It defines financial education, describes the project’s curriculum and highlights next steps for the project.

FinEdx Interview - Financial Education for the Poor Project

Freedom from Hunger and Microfinance Opportunities have joined forces to launch the Financial Education for the Poor Project. FinEdx talks to Ms. Kathleen Stack, Vice President for Program Development at Freedom from Hunger, to learn more about this financial literacy initiative. The interview provides an overview of the project’s goals, collaborating partners, curriculum, impact evaluation component and plans for dissemination and further development.

Financial Education: The Next Training Frontier

Microenterprise Americas, a newsletter of the Inter-American Development Bank, recently highlighted the Financial Education for the Poor Project. The article describes financial education, the project, the process for developing financial curriculum and the project's ambitious next steps. To read the article, follow the link.

Financial Education Update

A quarterly newsletter of the Financial Education for the Poor Project Fall 2006