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Voices of Four YouthSave Account Holders Highlighted in USA Today Supplement
Over the holidays, in an independent supplement to USA Today, the voices of four YouthSave account holders came to the forefront. The special editi... -
New Research on Low-Income Youth, Assets, and Educational Access
William ElliottThe following article orginally appeared on The Ladder and can be found here. Academic research is sometimes said to “collect dust on the shelf.” A... -
Five Questions on YouthSave’s Research in Ghana
David Ansong Gina ChowaQuestion 1: What are the main objectives of the research in Ghana? The objective of the Ghana research experiment is to understand how the YouthSav... -
Takeaways & Best Practices from the CYFI Regional Meeting for the Americas and the Caribbean
Alejandra Montes Catherine Rodriguez OrgalesThe first Child and Youth Finance International Regional Meeting for the Americas and the Caribbean took place last month in México City. The meeti... -
Enidaso Account Opens A New Dawn In Child And Youth Financial Services In Ghana
Adadzewa OtooThe launch of Ghana’s first ever custodial savings account for persons under the age of 18 on September 20th represents a new era in the country’s ... -
Youth Savings in Uganda: Providing Bridges to the Future
Vilma IlicOn September 29th, over 1,000 orphaned and vulnerable children in Uganda opened Child Development Accounts as a part of the Bridges to the Future r... -
On-the-Ground Perspectives from Kenya Post Office Savings Bank
New America’s Eric Tyler interviews Lucas Muraguri, Marketing Officer at Kenya Post Office Savings Bank. -
Researchers Hear Firsthand About Nepalese Savings Experience
Katie StalterYouthSave researchers had a unique opportunity this August. They had the chance to meet project participants, and hear firsthand how their work is ... -
A Contest to Inspire Youth Savings? Smart Policy!
ANNOUNCEMENT
Jamie ZimmermanOver the last year, the YouthSave Consortium has talked a lot about the value of learning from youth, hearing their voices and understanding their ... -
Financial Education as a Strategy to Promote Savings: New Lessons From ADOPEM
Alejandra Montes Saenz Rani DeshpandeThe extent to which financial education can actually motivate savings is a critical question for many parts of the financial inclusion field – from... -
Kathmandu - A Dramatic Setting for First PLP Training on Youth Financial Services
Jennifer DenomyThe following article orginally appeared on the SEEP Network Blog and can be found here. Kathmandu, located high in the Himalayas in a bowl-shaped ... -
Creating Future Opportunities for Youth by Understanding Their Needs Today
Jamie ZimmermanThe following article, written by YouthSave's very own Jamie Zimmerman of the New America Foundation, originally appeared on Microfinance Gateway. ... -
Multi-Stakeholder Meeting Highlights Youths' Experience with Saving
Nicole ToshOn August 23rd, the YouthSave Consortium convened a Multi-Stakeholder Meeting, entitled “Youth & Their Money: Insights into the Financial Lives of ... -
Personal Reflections from YouthSave’s Learning & Exchange Conference in Kathmandu
Rani DeshpandeIn August, the YouthSave Consortium and partners came together in Kathmandu, Nepal, for our third Learning & Exchange Conference, to update each ot... -
Kenya Postbank Launches SMATA Youth Account
Rani Deshpande Zebedee MkalaOn July 12 YouthSave partner Kenya Postbank officially launched its new “SMATA” youth account with festivities at the Ofafa Jericho high school in ... -
Youth Savings Performance in Ghana, Kenya, and Nepal: Results from Pilot
Julia Stevens Lissa JohnsonAre YouthSave accounts attracting low-income youth? Are youth making deposits into their YouthSave accounts? Are there adjustments that would help ... -
NEW DATA - Teens in Poor Nations Seek to Save More Money For the Future
Clara Hogan Jamie ZimmermanTeens in poor nations want to save larger amounts of money over the long-term in secure places to pay for their education or to start a small busin... -
Youth Savings - Finding the Right Financial Tools at the Right Age
Alexis Saffran Anjana RaviThe following article originally appeared on NextBillion.net. With a third of the global population today under the age of 19 and 90 percent of the... -
Beyond Capital Gains: The Multiplier Effect of Youth Savings
Monica SharmaThe following article originally appeared on CGAP. In a recent New York Times article, Nick Kristof told the story of Alfred Nasoni, a farmer who p... -
A Glimpse into the Financial Lives of Ghanaian Youth: Findings from YouthSave’s Ghana Experiment Baseline Survey
Julia Stevens Mat DespardDo Ghanaian youth have money? How do they get it? What do they do with it? These are questions we are beginning to answer in YouthSave using data f... -
Driving Financial Inclusion Through Innovation in Kenya
Rodrigo SermenoThe increasing development of Kenya’s banking sector has allowed many people to have access to savings, especially those without prior access to fi... -
New Study Finds Declining Rates of Entrepreneurship
Editor's Note: This is a guest blog post authored by Lina Khan, program associate with New America's Markets, Enterprise and Resiliency Initiative....