Research Reports
The challenges inherent in supporting the self-help efforts of the chronically hungry poor beg for innovation to achieve greater scale, impact and sustainability. With our commitment to such innovation comes our commitment to rigorous research that puts our innovations and those of other organizations to the test of evidence from the field. We are pleased to make our research reports available to all who are interested in evidence-based innovation. Generally, these reports have also been published in part in technical journals and other publications, but seldom are full research reports accepted for publication. Therefore, we make our full research reports, as well as summaries, freely downloadable in PDF format to provide you the full details of the research projects—social and institutional context, objectives, design and implementation of the innovation being tested, research design, methods, analysis, results, discussion in light of relevant literature and conclusions. These reports are listed below in chronological order, starting with the most recent and working backward in time. Most reports have been translated into French and/or Spanish, originally for the benefit of the in-country institutions that have partnered with Freedom from Hunger in developing and researching these innovations. In the absence of full translations, summaries in French and/or Spanish are usually available. Whatever we have is available now for free download. We sincerely hope you will find these research reports useful for broadening your understanding of value-added microfinance and related innovations.
