Items tagged ‘financial-education’
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Youth Financial Inclusion: Reframing the Work for a Wider Audience
“We [need to] make the conscious decision to be on a different trajectory and to never, ever talk about young people as a problem, as a threat, as ... -
“Banking on Girls: From Piggy Banks to Savings Accounts” - Should girls be considered a separate segment when designing youth savings programs?
Christina WilliamsIs it more difficult to financially include girls? Data from some programs seeking to increase girls’ participation in formal savings seems to sugg... -
Peer-to-Peer Financial Education Takes Off in Kenya Project
Corrinne NgurukiePeer education has been defined as: "An approach which empowers young people to work with other young people, and which draws on the positive stren... -
YouthSavers in Nepalgunj, Nepal Share Their Thoughts
Rani DeshpandeTwo weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting with a few of the over 5,000 young Nepalis who are currently saving in CYBY accounts at YouthSave’s pa... -
Riding Financial Inclusion Disruption: Are Youth Savers the Surfers or the Wave?
Rani DeshpandeThe following article, written by YouthSave's very own Rani Deshpande of Save the Children, originally appeared on the Center for Financal Inclusio... -
El Ahorro es Importante - Saving is Important
Alejandra MontesJust this past May we were very proud to announce that Colombia received the country award for their 2013 Global Money Week activities during the s... -
Creating Financially Capable Youth: Is There an App for That?
Jamie ZimmermanLeading up to the release of the New America's latest Global Assets Project report -- Beyond the Buzz: The Allure and Challenge of Using Mobile Pho... -
Young People: Access to Finance Using Branchless Banking
Youthsave ConsortiumThe following article, written by Monique Cohen, originally appeared on the Child & Youth Finance International Blog and can be found here. Within ... -
Taking the Pulse: The Role of Technology in Youth Financial Inclusion
Technology, particularly mobile phones, seems poised to rapidly increase access to financial services in developing countries at a time when youth ... -
Child Finance Meeting Brings Voices From Around the World
Katie StalterResearchers and practitioners from around the globe met at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis this week to make strides toward ... -
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... -
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... -
Savings Song Launches YouthSave's Financial Education Workshops in Colombia
Alejandra Montes SaenzAs part of the overall Financial Capability strategy for Colombia, Save the Children has conducted several launch events in the same schools where ... -
Evaluating School-Based Financial Education Programs: What Can We Learn from Field Evidence?
Rodrigo SermenoRecently, I attended “Conversations that Build and Strengthen Youth Economic Opportunities” hosted by Making Cents International. The event feature... -
Working with Schools to Improve Youth Financial Capability: Tips from the Field
Rani DeshpandeWhen considering how to reach kids with financial capability programming, schools – an aggregation point for hundreds, sometimes thousands of young... -
Why Financial Literacy Isn't Enough, and What to do About it?
Payal PathakA new blog post, “Why Financial Literacy Fails (and What to Do About It)” takes a strong jab at the efficacy of financial literacy interventions sa...