Here are some common sense findings about Savings Groups, thanks to Savings at the Frontier’s study in Zambia.
Nudging the Poorest into Savings Groups
We are all already always nudging, every time we speak….
How Does that Game Work?
By the time my daughter Sayer was six years old, she had learned how to play games on our old Apple computer.
How to Save a lot of Money! (unless you're poor)
Even Comcast, with revenue of 85 billion dollars a year, is approachable, if you know how to approach them.
The PPI in Pictures
What’s behind the scores on the Poverty Probability Index?
Everyone needs a loan...
But. No they don’t…
Big Mouth, Big Appetite
When your focus groups go out of focus…
Do It Yourself Savings Groups
Some groups get ALL the help…
Alternatives to Amazon
There are some great websites that are swimming against the current of consumerism. Here’s one, ...
The World's Worst Savings Group
What would you say about a savings group where the members earn less than one percent interest on their savings, but pay 15% to borrow?
Character, Personality and Trust
Who do you trust? Savings Groups help you find out.
A Savings Group meeting in exactly two minutes
Here's a great meeting from Niger, accelerated and annotated.
Simplify, Simplify
In the US, where I live, Christmas has become a commerical feast,
A Short History Of SG Conferences
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
Stop Using the “L” Word
Maybe the problem of dormancy is related to agency...
Six Things to be Curious About
I came up with the following list of six questions that, to me, are much more interesting than Model and Methodology questions.
Making share-out easier
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
― Albert Einstein
Thank You Payments...
When you take a loan, and you have to pay back more than you took, what do you call that extra money you pay?
Banked SG members
Are you in a Savings Group at the same time you have a bank account? Please let us know why!
Wacky Share-outs
Because Savings Groups are made up of real people, they may not compute the t share out the way our models tell us they should...