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The Sentinel Project: Keeping watch on the future of microfinance, through an investigation into how leading MFIs weigh their choices and make decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Stay tuned for early project findings.

Small Firm Diaries: A global financial diaries project to shed light into the hidden lives of small firms, through interviews with more than 1000 firms in 7 countries. Learn more.

US Financial Diaries: We tracked 235 low- and moderate-income households over the course of a year to collect highly detailed data on how families manage their finances on a day-to-day basis. Explore our findings.