I was recently in the CARE office in Niamey Niger and saw this poster
Time for a deep breath
Weren’t we saying the same things about microcredit in the 1980’s and ’90’s? And then… didn’t things turn a little, uh, sour?
Quit Drinkin' and Start Savin', you Kids
The following is excerted from the Zambian Post newspaper 21 August 2015:
What's Next? (Maybe just more of the same...)
Savings Group promoters keep looking for a New Thing, a product or service that will respond to the question “What’s Next”
Let's Look Before We Leap
I recently was asked to read a draft of an academic paper on the pitfalls of microcredit and the virtues of savings groups. The paper ...
Great Review, Great Book
Here’s a link to an excellent review of In Their Own Hands: How Savings Groups are Revolutionizing Development
The Savings Group Tiger and the Banking Shark
Tiger and Shark are both convinced they are the Most Strongest of All Animals.
Crab tells Tiger...
Digital ID's and the Peer-to-Peer Alternative
I came across this discussion on the MicroSave website:
Beauty and Saving's Groups
I saw this Savings Group (formed by Cadecom) in Mchinji District in Malawi earlier this week. It was ...
Savings Groups and Skills Development: A Pathway for Youth Economic Strengthening
A recent Microlinks post discusses the future of economic strengthening programming and...
Trim Tabs and Savings Groups
Good development work is about putting in small inputs which help existing systems work better.
ROSCAs Revisited!
Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs) are groups in which every member contributes the same amount every meeting
Excellence Pt 3: How do You Measure "Quality"?
I have been asking the question, “How do you measure quality in a Savings Group?”
Which 'Savings' - Spend Later or Don't Spend at all?
Like so many English words, “Save” has multiple senses
Who's Gonna Save your e-Soul?
When we do things digitally, we leave behind us a sparkling trail of data.
Imagining a World Without Banks
National Public Radio has an interesting podcast called “A World Without Banks”. Here’s what they say on their site:
If You Care about Health, Read This
If you work in savings groups and at the same time you are working to reduce the impact of malaria, ...
153 million dollars available to form SGs in Nigeria
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