In the US, where I live, Christmas has become a commerical feast,
About every two years for the last decade, there has been an international Savings Group conference. The next one is happening in Kigali on May 22-24 2018
I still love this speech, many years later....
How SGs can be best at combating poverty.
Maybe the problem of dormancy is related to agency...
Dale Adams and Hugh Allen debate the real benefit to poor people of Savings Groups
World Relief invites its mature groups to self-report on their progress with a simple cell phone app.
A very poor Malian woman joined Nyesigiso - the big network of cooperatives in Mali that I was then the director of. Remarkably she ...
If you don’t have time to watch the whole thing, scroll to about 1:05 minutes into it, where there is a very lively savings group meeting.
Despite the recent development fad to get people banked, banked people are becoming unbanked.
Very informative study that shines a lot of light on the reality of SGs - good and not so good.
I came up with the following list of six questions that, to me, are much more interesting than Model and Methodology questions.
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
― Albert Einstein
A delightful musician and puppet performer from the Central African Republic!
What do you really need to form a savings group?
How about… a committed person?
When you take a loan, and you have to pay back more than you took, what do you call that extra money you pay?
It's time to set aside everything you know about Savings Group bookkeeping, security, procedures and cash management. Open your mind VERY wide while you read this article.
Are you in a Savings Group at the same time you have a bank account? Please let us know why!