Can you help someone become financially capable? A meta-analysis of the literature

Findings

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Evidence Summary
Supporting technical documents that are social systems-relevant

Not usually available for this document type
Full-text report

Full-text report (free)
Scientific Abstract

Publisher
User-friendly summary

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation

Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2013
Year Published

2014
Quality Rating

7/11 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

USA (144); India (9); Kenya (4); Mexico (4); Italy (3); South Africa (3); Australia (2); Bolivia (2); Brazil (2); Chile (2); China (2); Ghana (2); Indonesia (2); Nigeria (2); Peru (2); Singapore (2); Sri Lanka (2); Uganda (2); Bosnia and Herzegovina (1); Botswana (1); Dominican Republic (1); El Salvador (1); Guatemala (1); New Zealand (1); Nicaragua (1); Pakistan (1); Philippines (1); Qatar (1); Tanzania (1); Viet Nam (1); Zambia (1)
Global/regional focus

WHO - African region WHO - Americas region WHO - Eastern Mediterranean region WHO - European region WHO - South East Asia region WHO - Western Pacific region
Country focus

USA (144); India (9); Kenya (4); Mexico (4); Italy (3); South Africa (3); Australia (2); Bolivia (2); Brazil (2); Chile (2); China (2); Ghana (2); Indonesia (2); Nigeria (2); Peru (2); Singapore (2); Sri Lanka (2); Uganda (2); Bosnia and Herzegovina (1); Botswana (1); Dominican Republic (1); El Salvador (1); Guatemala (1); New Zealand (1); Nicaragua (1); Pakistan (1); Philippines (1); Qatar (1); Tanzania (1); Viet Nam (1); Zambia (1)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review of effects
Type of question

Many
Focus

Specific
Target

Individual
Domain

Programs and services
Consumer protection
Consumer awareness and education
Employment
Job training/retraining
Economic development and growth
Business advice
Human capital investments
Sustainable Development Goals
1. No poverty
4. Quality education
8. Decent work and economic growth
9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
12. Responsible consumption and production
17. Partnerships for the goals
Social system topic(s)

Delivery arrangements
How services are designed to meet citizens’ needs
Package of services/service pathways
Implementation strategies
Citizen-targeted strategy
Information or education provision
Behaviour change support
Skills and competencies development
Theme

Optimal aging

Publication details

Citation

Miller M, Reichelstein J, Salas C, Zia B. Can you help someone become financially capable? A meta-analysis of the literature. Washington: World Bank Group; 2014.
DOI

WPS6745

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