Megan Gash

Megan Gash designs and implements studies that measure the efficacy of Freedom from Hunger’s programs. Her recent research focuses on savings groups, youth financial services, food security, and resilience. In 2013, Megan was awarded the Practitioner of the Year by the SEEP Network.

By Megan Gash

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Building Resilient Households in Burkina Faso

Freedom from Hunger conducted a 7-month project using the diaries of rural households in Burkina Faso to gauge how formal, non-formal and informal financial products affect household resilience.
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What Does it Take to Build Resilient Households in Burkina Faso?

“Resilience” seems to be the mot du jour among development practitioners these days. In the financial inclusion context, resilience refers to a person or family’s ability to weather shocks. But how do households in Burkina Faso define it?