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MicroSave
MicroSave is an international financial inclusion consulting firm headquartered in Lucknow, India. It provides consulting services for financial service providers covering market research to develop products to discover customer opinions and expectations, corporate branding, product marketing, business channel strategy, process mapping, staff incentive schemes, loan portfolio audit, institutional risk analysis, costing and pricing strategy, among others.

History
MicroSave started in 1998 as a four-year project funded by the Department of International Development (DFID), the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), and NORAD with a mission to “strengthen the capacity of financial service providers to deliver market-led solutions.”

MicroSave incorporated in 2005 and moved its headquarters from Kampala, Uganda to Lucknow, India.

Project and Office Locations
MicroSave has offices in Argentina, India, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Uganda, Tanzania, and United Kingdom. It has managed financial inclusion projects in the following counties, among others:
 * Afghanistan
 * Bangladesh
 * Cambodia
 * Colombia
 * Democratic Republic of Congo
 * Egypt
 * Ethiopia
 * Indonesia
 * India
 * Malawi
 * Nepal
 * Papua New Guinea
 * Philippines
 * Rwanda
 * South Africa
 * Sierra Leone
 * Sri Lanka
 * Tanzania
 * Uganda
 * Ghana
 * Nigeria
 * Zambia

Training Microfinance Workers in Market Research
In Rwanda, MicroSave trained microfinance workers in market research so they may independently develop products that answer society needs.

Progress out of Poverty Index®
In Asia, Grameen Foundation and MicroSave implemented the Progress out of Poverty Index®, a social performance management tool, to enable pro-poor organisations to measure their impact, and improve their products and services according to the real needs.

Documenting the Hand in Hand India with Water.org
On 22 January 2013, officials from Water.org and MicroSave visited Kancheepuram and observe the good practices promoted by Water.org related to water, sanitation, and hygience (WASH). The objective of the visit is to develop a toolkit for microfinance institutions so that they may implement the WASH programme effectively and efficiently.

Safe and Smart Savings Products for Vulnerable Adolescent Girls
MicroSave is working with the Population Council to manage Nike Foundations’ pilot project called the Safe and Smart Savings Products for Vulnerable Adolescent Girls. MicroSave’s goal is to develop the savings product and provide technical assistance to Finance Trust and FINCA Uganda.