The model shatters the myth that people affected by HIV/AIDS cannot save or carry out productive activity.
Keeping it together in Post-Conflict Côte d’Ivoire
... one brave treasurer who buried her group’s metal box moments before she fled her village. When she came back she found ...
Savings on a Tightrope: Three Balancing Acts
The selection of specific saving vehicles is driven by three high-level choices.
China to form Savings Groups in Africa
A consortium made up of Shenzhen Development Bank, the Hang Lung Group and Lenovo have announced a major initiative to bring savings groups to Africa.
The Gold Day Savings Club
A Turkish student of mine tells this story:
Secret Savers in the States
Maria is 33, unmarried and has one child. She owns her own home. She is ...
The Gatwikera Railway Savings Club and The Role of Rewards
While these behaviors may seem antique in 2012, they likely were socially important in 1810.
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Proof the 'Add-Ons' Work
Am I just blinded by my own enthusiasm? Or are savings groups, around for millennium in so many cultures including my own, really a globally good idea?
The (Savings Group) Gift Must Always Move
I propose that we should take a deep breath and think this through. Here’s why…
Too Much Protection?
... its long cues, its love of stamps and paperwork, its indifferent staff, and its inscrutable hours of operation ...
M-Money - Convenient or Costly?
Despite the hyping of mobile money, on a visit last fall to Tanzania, I barely saw evidence of M-PESA
Financial Education in Burundi
In a small village in central Burundi, 25 teenage girls stand in a single file line, eagerly awaiting the next word that their training agent will announce.
Helping Economists Get Better
"Econ Courses Make Students Less Generous", they say
Savings Groups and Financial Capability
Are groups themselves engines of (financial) literacy or do they need more education?
Self-Financing Groups in Europe
Hey ACAF people, this article is a little stale. What's up with you nowadays?
A Universal Savings Goal
Yes, a goal we set in the same way that nutritionists suggest daily doses of vitamin A
Following this experience, I realized that a “virtual” study visit would be helpful in both promoting the savings group methodology and supporting its implementation.
Three-legged Temperance
The villagers conducted the traditional kava greeting and settled to listen. It was the mid-1960s.
Give Them a Break
Microcredit is now under challenge from many quarters.