Articles
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Why Community Buy-In and Support for Youth Savings in Kenya (And Everywhere Else!) is Important
Corrinne NgurukieRole models, mentors, coaches, teachers, cheerleaders, and influencers are a few of the ways to describe the role adults play in the development of... -
Core YouthSave Advisor, Carolina Trivelli, Named Peru’s Minister of Social Inclusion
Youthsave ConsortiumToday, YouthSave’s core Research Advisory Council (RAC) member, Carolina Trivelli was appointed as Peru’s Minister of Social Inclusion. The newly f... -
Savings and Economic Empowerment Program Underway for Orphaned Youth in Uganda
Payal PathakFred Ssewamala, Associate Professor at Columbia University, YouthSave member, and Global Assets Project Senior Fellow, has received a $3.34M grant ... -
YouthStart, YouthSave and Women’s World Banking Participate in the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Youth
Maria PerdomoAs part of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Youth that took place in New York on 21-27 July 2011, the UNCDF-MasterCard Foundation initiativ... -
Making Cents International Recognizes Corrinne Ngurukie for Her Contributions to Advancing Youth Economic Opportunities
Payal PathakAt last month’s Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference, hosted by Making Cents International, seven individuals were recognized for their c... -
A New Way to Answer the Global Call for Better Data on Savings for the Poor: SPINNAKER Economic Opportunities
Jamie Zimmerman“We need data. We need to have a way to know what is working and what is not. There are no common indicators. There are no benchmarks for success. ... -
Context Matters for Youth Saving: Early Findings on Institutional Context in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, and Nepal
Julia Stevens Sarah MeyersAn elementary school student in Nepal might stash some coins in a clay bank called a Khutruke; a teenager in Ghana might entrust her extra savings ... -
Financial Inclusion for Youth: Perspectives from SEEP, BRAC, and Making Cents International
Payal PathakThe following article, written by YouthSave's very own Payal Pathak of New America Foundation, originally appeared on Microlinks. As the youth-incl... -
Learning Agenda Outlines Innovative YouthSave Research Plans
Youthsave ConsortiumIn 1950 there were just under half a billion young people from ages 15 to 24 in the world; by 2050 that number is expected to grow to 1.2 billion. ... -
Nudging Gender-Balanced Money Management in the Household
Payal PathakLast week, USAID held an insightful seminar called “Behavior Change Perspectives on Gender and Value Chain Development,” with featured speakers Jen... -
YouthSave Kicks Off Savings Pilots in Ghana and Kenya
Corrinne Ngurukie Rani DeshpandeYouthSave marked a major milestone in July with two partner financial institutions (FIs) kicking off their product pilot tests: HFC Bank in Ghana a... -
It's all in the Mind - How Behavioral Science Presents a Golden Opportunity for Financial Inclusion
Payal PathakWith the “golden age of behavioral research,” as New York Times columnist David Brooks recently described, comes a golden opportunity for the asset... -
Microfinance Voices - Youth and Money: Planting the Seed for Success
Jonah Rexer Tanaya KilaraOriginally posted in Microfinance Voices. As a growing population in the developing world, youth are a promising market for financial services. Pra... -
YouthSave Begins Piloting Impact Assessment Questionnaire
David Ansong Gina Chowa Mat Despard Rainier MasaThe YouthSave impact assessment in Ghana will document financial, psychosocial, educational, and health-related impacts of Youth Savings Accounts o... -
Innovating in Financial Capability: The CFSI Awards and the Next Generation of Creative Interventions
Anya Maria MayansWith financial capability innovations and digital tools such as Hellowallet, the Doorway to Dream’s Fund Financial Entertainment Portal and Banco A... -
National Strategies for Successful Youth Financial Inclusion
David MorrisonOriginally posted on the YFS-Link Portal. Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 200 million youth between the ages of 12 and 24. This number is expected to... -
Proposing Propositions & Crafting Communications: Reflections from a Facilitated YouthSave Workshop
Cerrone LundyI am always amazed by the creativity and the energy that is generated when a group of people with different perspectives comes together to solve a ... -
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New AmericaYouthSave is a consortium project led by Save the Children in partnership with the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Lo...