Seminario Taller: Movilizacion de Depositos en Instituciones Microfinancieras (Spanish)

Publication Date: Apr 2000
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Speeches and papers from Savings Mobilization workshop in Bolivia

This handout compiles all the speeches and papers presented at an international three-day workshop on Savings Mobilizations in Microfinance Institutions that took place in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia in April of 2000. Among the dozen of panelists present were: Claudio Gonzales-Vega, Alfredo Vega (GTZ), David Richardson (WOCCU), Monica Brand (ACCION), Marguerite S. Robinson and Sylvia Wisniwski from Bankakademie.

The main topics of discussion were:

• Which are the economic and legal policies conducive to savings mobilization?
• What is the role of the government in the promotion of savings mobilization?
• What are the motivations and implications of offering small deposit services?
• What are the best marketing strategies for savings products?
• What are the technologies necessary to mobilize savings and increase its profitability?