... and two were of savings schemes alone. They include evaluations of programmes within Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania (Zanzibar), Uganda and Zimbabwe. ... and a mandatory weekly group meeting for loan repayment. A similar model was evaluated in Zanzibar, Tanzania (Brannen 2010), based on Care International’s Village Savings and Loan Associations, ... can only be achieved by financially self-sufficient MFIs.6 In the late 199 0s, the financial sustainability paradigm was already dominant within major donor agencies (Mayoux 199 9 :95 9). Mayoux...