Items tagged ‘youth-savings-policy’
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Kenyan Youth Share their Life Poa Experiences at Final Multi-Stakeholder Meeting
Victoria NdoloThe theme for the final multi-stakeholder meeting held on October 23, 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya was “Promoting Youth Financial Capability to Unlock Su... -
Impressions from Nairobi, Kenya: Final Multi-Stakeholder Meeting
Corrinne NgurukieCorrinne Ngurukie, YouthSave’s Regional Technical Advisor for Africa, attended the final MSM in Kenya on October 23, 2014. Below are her impression... -
Regulatory Environments for Youth Savings in the Developing World: Uptake vs. Usage
Our recent policy brief, “Regulatory Environments for Youth Savings in the Developing World” tackled two primary barriers to youth financial inclus... -
Regulatory Environments for Youth Savings in the Developing World: Identification and Control
This blog in our series Regulatory Environments for Youth Savings in the Developing World will address two critical barriers that youth in the deve... -
Regulatory Environments for Youth Savings in the Developing World Blog Series Launch
Creating fertile environments for youth savings at financial institutions in the developing world could certainly lower the threshold of profitabil... -
Musings on the Wars on Poverty
This month the U.S. celebrated the 50-year mark for its domestic War on Poverty. Pundits from the left, right, and everywhere in between opined on ... -
Attention to Global Youth Issues is on the Rise
March and April 2014 have been big months for the world’s youth in terms of inclusion in development and planning agendas. As concerns about the to... -
Extending the Frontiers of Financial Inclusion to Children and Youth in Ghana
Adadzewa OtooThe conference came against the backdrop of ongoing efforts by the government to develop a national financial inclusion policy for the country. Thu... -
Why Kenya Needs a Youth Financial Capability Policy
Corrinne Ngurukie“The most effective way to influence positive financial behavior is when you put tools in the hands of young people – giving them the chance to own... -
Seeing the Opportunity and Business Case for Youth Finance
Nicholas Dear Scott O'BrienThis is the third installment of our series, Policy Innovations in Youth Financial Services. The series has been an online continuation of the glob... -
Banking on Youth, Finance and Policy
Tanaya KilaraThis is the first installment of our series, Policy Innovations in Youth Financial Services. The series has been an online continuation of the glob... -
Launch of the "Policy Innovations in Youth Financial Services" Blog Series
Youthsave ConsortiumAs the number of people between the ages of 10 and 24 climbs to over 1.8 billion individuals globally, ensuring economic inclusion and opportunity ... -
When Demographics Shift the Way We Think About Youth Finance
Tanaya KilaraThe Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion recently released fascinating demographic data through the Mapping the Invisible Market project, as pa... -
Experts Converge on Beijing to Discuss Lifelong Asset Building
Katie StalterThe following article originally appeared on The Center for Social Development's site and can be found here. Asset building policy is rapidly incre... -
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... -
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... -
Philippines: Driving Innovation in Youth Savings
Tanaya KilaraPolicymakers in various countries are closely watching the youth savings landscape for clues on which direction to take. The Central Bank of Philip... -
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...