Items tagged ‘youth-savings-accounts’
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What Does the ‘Business Case’ for Youth Savings Really Mean?
Tanaya KilaraThe business case for youth savings is one of the most talked-about topics in the youth financial services space. There is tremendous interest from... -
YouthSave’s Multi-Stakeholder Meeting Convenes Financial Capability Experts in Colombia
Alejandra Montes SaenzOn June 14th, Save the Children in Colombia hosted the first YouthSave Multi-Stakeholder Meeting (MSM), which brought together representatives from... -
Increasing Economic Citizenship Among Children and Youth
Rodrigo SermenoRecently, the Citi Foundation asked members of its Research Working Group to write a paper analyzing the existing literature on the key components ... -
Building Communities of Practice: The Recent “Innovations in Youth Savings” Workshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Oshala Bandara Ryan NewtonAround the world, girls as young as 10 years old accumulate money regularly, manage it actively, and want a safe place to save it. Unfortunately, f... -
Towards a New Model for International Research Collaboration: Reflections on the April YouthSave Research Advisory Council Convening and Symposium
Julia Stevens Li ZouOn April 17, 2012, a Symposium on International Research and Innovation at Washington University in St. Louis highlighted the experiences and insig... -
YouthSave Newsflash: Bank of Kathmandu Launches Youth Savings Account for Low-Income Youth
Corrinne Ngurukie Vilma IlicThe YouthSave Consortium is pleased to announce that on April 25th, the Bank of Kathmandu (BoK) launched its “BoK Chetanshil Yuwa Bachat Yojana (CY... -
Putting Clients at the Center of the Product Development Process
Rani DeshpandeThe following article, written by YouthSave's very own Rani Deshpande of Save the Children, originally appeared on the Microfinance Gateway. When P... -
The Save Song: Young Muny and Lil' Savings Represent the Value of Saving
Payal PathakWho said saving can’t be cool for youth and adults alike? Certainly not Leo Moneymaker (a.k.a Young Muny) and Alex Colucci (a.k.a Lil’ Savings), st... -
Contrasting Lessons from Colombia´s Economic & Financial Education Workshop with the Citi–FT Financial Education Summit
Alejandra MontesRecently, Jaya Burathoki, Save the Children Project Manager in Nepal, blogged about the highlights from the Citi – FT Financial Education Summit in... -
Latest Debates & Lessons on Financial Capability: Highlights from the 2011 Citi-FT Financial Education Summit in Jakarta
Jaya BurathokiWhat is “financial capability” and how can we best nurture it to boost the social and economic prospects of the poor? This central question permeat... -
YouthSave New Year Update: Glancing Back at 2011, Looking Ahead to 2012
Rani DeshpandeAt YouthSave’s first stakeholder meeting in Bogotà in early 2011, much of the discussion was about plans: for product design informed by market res... -
Sri Lanka’s Hatton National Bank Launches Progressive Youth Economic Empowerment Program
Payal PathakOn December 1st, Sri Lanka’s Hatton National Bank launched Yauwanabhimana (meaning ‘Pride of Youth’), a uniquely designed economic empowerment prog... -
Battling the Global Youth Bulge: Mobile Phones Create New Connections Between Youth and Economic Opportunity
Youthsave ConsortiumBorn and raised in the slums of Cape Town amid poverty, drug abuse, and gang violence, Marlon Parker was like millions of youth living in hardship ... -
Paying Grown-Up Attention to the Financial Service Needs of Youth
Rani DeshpandeThe following article, written by YouthSave's very own Rani Deshpande of Save the Children, originally appeared on CGAP. Despite growing interest i... -
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... -
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... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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... -
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 ...