Savings Recommended Reading

Savings Booklet: Optimising Performance and Efficiency Series

(1 rating)
Microsave, MicroSave, 2010
Providing insight into savings issues

Savings are as Important as Credit: Deposit Services for the Poor

(2 ratings)
CGAP, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, 2002
Why and how should donors support savings services?

Deepening Outreach through Credit Unions: A Review of the WOCCU Ecuador Rural Savings and Credit with Education (CREER) Project (Research Monograph)

(1 rating)
Grell, S., World Council of Credit Unions, 2007
Replicating a successful lending and saving program with an education component

Savings Services for the Poor - An Old Need and A New Opportunity for MFIs in India

(1 rating)
Kapoor, S., MicroSave, 2008
This MicroSave India Focus note focuses on the business correspondent model of savings.

Safe and Accessible: Bringing Poor Savers into the Formal Financial System

(1 rating)
Deshpande, R., Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, 2006
CGAP Focus Note No. 37 examines the obstacles, opportunities and strategies for improving savings mobilization.

Poor Peoples' Savings: Q&As with Experts

(1 rating)
CGAP Savings Information Resource Center, CGAP Savings Information Resource Center, 2006
A compilation of 15 expert views on savings demand, products, delivery models, and policy issues

Asset-Building for Microenterprise through Matched Savings in Low-Income Countries

(1 rating)
Schreiner, M., Center for Social Development, Washington University, 2004
Can Individual Development Accounts help the self-employed poor in low-income countries build assets?

MicroSave Toolkit: Planning, Conducting, and Monitoring Pilot-Tests — Savings

(2 ratings)
MicroSave, MicroSave, 2004
Why is it important for an MFI to enhance the pilot-testing process and improve product development?

Access to Finance in Andhra Pradesh

(1 rating)
Johnson, D. & Meka, S., , CMF, 2010
Results from pioneering household survey on access to finance

Being Able to Make (Small) Deposits and Payments, Anywhere

(1 rating)
Mas, I., Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, 2008
CGAP Focus Note No. 45 describes an alternative, systemic approach to branchless banking

Who are the Clients of Savings Banks? A Poverty Assessment of the Clients Reached by Savings Banks in India, Mexico, Tanzania, and Thailand

(1 rating)
World Bank Savings Institute (WBSI), World Savings Banks Institute, 2008
Using CGAP’s Poverty Assessment Tool (PAT) to measure outreach by saving banks

Remittance Needs and Opportunities in India

(1 rating)
Thorat, YSP. & Jones, H., GIZ, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, 2011
Improving remittance services for low income clients in India

Savings Banks and the Double Bottom-line: A Profitable and Accessible Model of Finance

(1 rating)
Peachey, S., World Savings Banks Institute, European Savings Bank Group (ESBG), 2006
A study commissioned by World Savings Banks Institute for the World Bank and Brookings Institute’s global conference "Access to Finance: Building Inclusive Financial Systems", Washington, D.C., May 2006.

Treasury Management for SACCOs. Procedure Guidelines and Training Manual

(7 ratings)
Bald, J., U.S. Agency for International Development, 2007
This report focuses on treasury management practices within the rural savings and credit cooperatives.

Empowering Rwanda Youth through Savings-led Microfinance

(1 rating)
Mukankusi, A., Mayson, M., Caso, T. & Rowe, W., Catholic Relief Services, 2009
Introducing savings-led microfinance methodology to orphans and vulnerable children

Youth Savings in Developing Countries

(1 rating)
YouthSave Consortium, YouthSave Consortium, 2010
Exploring the potential of youth savings accounts

New Frontiers in Micro-Savings

(2 ratings)
Counts, A. & Meriweather, P., Grameen Foundation, 2008
Collecting savings deposits for the continued growth of the microfinance sector

Introducing Voluntary Savings

(1 rating)
Islam, S., WWB, 2006
Guiding MFIs in the introduction of voluntary savings products

Is There a Business Case for Small Savers?

(1 rating)
Westley, G., Palomas, X., Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, 2010
Do small savers contribute to or undermine the sustainability of the MFI?

Creating Better Portfolios: Core Financial Products for the Poor

(1 rating)
MicroSave & Financial Access Initiative, MicroSave, Financial Access Initiative, 2010
Introducing effective financial tools through innovative means

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