BFC research and publications

On this page you can find information about Building Financial Capability research and links to our publications.

Research and publications

Overview of Building Financial Capability

This document gives a brief overview of the co-design of BFC service in 2016, and our theory of change.

Voices of people experiencing hardship

This document features stories from service users. It summarises key insights that they shared, and describes opportunities to better support people experiencing hardship at various points in their lives.

Voices of people in hard-to-reach communities

This document offers a first step to understanding the needs of people in hard-to-reach communities, the barriers they experience in building financial capability and the types of supports they may need to improve their financial resilience.

Literature Review

We undertook a literature review to consider what works to build the financial capability of people, families and whānau experiencing hardship in New Zealand.

Frameworks and approaches for building the financial capability of New Zealanders experiencing hardship: A high level literature review

Frameworks and approaches for building the financial capability of New Zealanders experiencing hardship: What the literature says