Makoi Majok Toch

Widows, Single Mothers, and Financial Exclusion: CGSL Participation Barriers Among the Most Vulnerable Women in Post-Conflict South Sudan

This article examines whether Community Group Saving and Lending (CGSL) mechanisms are sufficiently inclusive for widows, single mothers and other highly vulnerable women in post-conflict South Sudan. The article is derived from a wider mixed-methods study of CGSL mechanisms and...

Working Capital, Short-Termism, and the Neglect of Long-Term Agricultural Investment: Evidence from CGSL-Financed Farmers in South Sudan

Community Group Saving and Lending (CGSL) mechanisms have become an important informal financial system for rural households in post-war South Sudan, particularly where formal banks, microfinance institutions and agricultural credit providers remain concentrated in urban and peri...