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Working with Schools to Improve Youth Financial Capability: Tips from the Field
When considering how to reach kids with financial capability programming, schools – an aggregation point for hundreds, sometimes thousands of young...
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The ‘Youth Voice’ in Youth Savings
Four exceptional young people living in Kibera - Botul, Sofia, Idris and Zuhora - tell us about their savings goals, challenges, and plans for the ...
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Putting Clients at the Center of the Product Development Process
The following article, written by YouthSave's very own Rani Deshpande of Save the Children, originally appeared on the Microfinance Gateway. When P...
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Perspectives from YouthSave Financial Partners: Is there a Business Case for Youth Savings Accounts?
Payal Pathak, Policy Analyst for the Global Assets Project at the New America Foundation, highlights key takeaways from YouthSave’s Financial Insti...
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The Save Song: Young Muny and Lil' Savings Represent the Value of Saving
Who 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...
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Contrasting Lessons from Colombia´s Economic & Financial Education Workshop with the Citi–FT Financial Education Summit
Recently, Jaya Burathoki, Save the Children Project Manager in Nepal, blogged about the highlights from the Citi – FT Financial Education Summit in...
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Latest Debates & Lessons on Financial Capability: Highlights from the 2011 Citi-FT Financial Education Summit in Jakarta
What is “financial capability” and how can we best nurture it to boost the social and economic prospects of the poor? This central question permeat...
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YouthSave New Year Update: Glancing Back at 2011, Looking Ahead to 2012
At YouthSave’s first stakeholder meeting in Bogotà in early 2011, much of the discussion was about plans: for product design informed by market res...
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Why Financial Literacy Isn't Enough, and What to do About it?
A 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...
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Sri Lanka’s Hatton National Bank Launches Progressive Youth Economic Empowerment Program
On December 1st, Sri Lanka’s Hatton National Bank launched Yauwanabhimana (meaning ‘Pride of Youth’), a uniquely designed economic empowerment prog...
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Battling the Global Youth Bulge: Mobile Phones Create New Connections Between Youth and Economic Opportunity
Born 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 ...
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Paying Grown-Up Attention to the Financial Service Needs of Youth
The following article, written by YouthSave's very own Rani Deshpande of Save the Children, originally appeared on CGAP. Despite growing interest i...
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Philippines: Driving Innovation in Youth Savings
Policymakers in various countries are closely watching the youth savings landscape for clues on which direction to take. The Central Bank of Philip...
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Why Community Buy-In and Support for Youth Savings in Kenya (And Everywhere Else!) is Important
Role models, mentors, coaches, teachers, cheerleaders, and influencers are a few of the ways to describe the role adults play in the development of...
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Core YouthSave Advisor, Carolina Trivelli, Named Peru’s Minister of Social Inclusion
Today, YouthSave’s core Research Advisory Council (RAC) member, Carolina Trivelli was appointed as Peru’s Minister of Social Inclusion. The newly f...
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Savings and Economic Empowerment Program Underway for Orphaned Youth in Uganda
Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor at Columbia University, YouthSave member, and Global Assets Project Senior Fellow, has received a $3.34M grant ...
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YouthStart, YouthSave and Women’s World Banking Participate in the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Youth
As 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...
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Making Cents International Recognizes Corrinne Ngurukie for Her Contributions to Advancing Youth Economic Opportunities
At last month’s Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference, hosted by Making Cents International, seven individuals were recognized for their c...
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A New Way to Answer the Global Call for Better Data on Savings for the Poor: SPINNAKER Economic Opportunities
“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. ...
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Context Matters for Youth Saving: Early Findings on Institutional Context in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, and Nepal
An 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 ...
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Financial Inclusion for Youth: Perspectives from SEEP, BRAC, and Making Cents International
The following article, written by YouthSave's very own Payal Pathak of New America Foundation, originally appeared on Microlinks. As the youth-incl...
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Barriers to Financial Capability and Education for Youth
Video featuring three YouthSave advisory board members as they discuss barriers to financial capability and education for low-income youth during Y...