A growing body of empirical work suggests that personalized, just-in-time consultation about financial decision-making, with an emphasis on goal-setting, may be more effective to bring about improvements in financial consumer behavior than generalized, classroom-style education. With this in mind, IFC piloted campaigns to provide free, neutral, on-the-street financial counseling services to consumers in Tajikistan in early 2016.
The document provides main results of IFC-arranged pilot campaigns to provide free, neutral, confidential financial counseling services to consumers in Tajikistan in early 2016, attracting about five thousand participants.