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Savings Demand Assessment Blog Series Launch: YouthSave Boosts Youth Financial Participation
Lissa JohnsonA recent report dispels the myth that kids can’t save. In fact, younger youth (those under 13) save more than older youth. Parents also play an imp... -
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... -
Youth-Centered Policy-Making: Balancing Rights and Protections
In July 2014 the Bolivian government approved, within the Bolivian Children and Adolescents Code, allowing children as young as 10-12 to work indep... -
Analyzing the Business Case for Youth Savings
Barbara Magnoni Tanaya KilaraCGAP spoke to about a dozen financial service providers (FSPs) worldwide who are leading an effort to offer financial services- savings in particul... -
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... -
The Past and Future of YouthSavers in Nepal
Rani DeshpandeIt was with mixed emotions that I travelled to Nepal last month to attend YouthSave’s capstone event there, a Multi-Stakeholder Meeting (MSM) that ... -
The End of YouthSave Colombia?
YouthSave's last event in Colombia was bittersweet for YouthSave staff, partners and participants as it marked the beginning of the end for YouthSa... -
An Interview with Raju Shrestha, Senior Officer of Marketing and Corporate Communication, Bank of Kathmandu, and YouthSave Product Champion
Raju ShresthaRaju Shrestha shares learnings and insights from his participation in the YouthSave project. Please introduce yourself and provide us with some his... -
Can Philanthropy Work for CSAs?
The 2014 Children’s Savings Conference organized by the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) recently provided a fantastic opportunity to ... -
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... -
The Benefit of Savings: Youth Write In
Kasio MutukuThe youth in Kenya were an excited lot as the long-awaited Global Money Week was finally approaching. Marketed and organized by Kenya Post Office S... -
Cash Is King, Even When It Phones In
Ebere AnosikeThis is the first installment of our series, Bringing the Bank to the Unbanked While Making Bank. The series explores how some private sector enter... -
Treasure at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Ebere AnosikeThis is the second installment of our series, Bringing the Bank to the Unbanked While Making Bank. The first post in the series drew the conclusion... -
Global Money Week 2014
Global Money Week, a yearly worldwide celebration organized by the Child and Youth Finance International Secretariat aimed at empowering "the next ... -
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... -
“Bringing the Bank to the Unbanked, While Making Bank” Blog Series to Launch This Month
Ebere AnosikeFor the past four years YouthSave has worked with partner financial institutions in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya and Nepal to extended tailored savings p...