Women/Gender

Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents (ELA)

Global Assets — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:47:14 -0500

Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents (ELA), Uganda and Tanzania

Social and Financial Empowerment of Adolescents (SOFEA)

Global Assets — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:09:28 -0500

Social and Financial Empowerment of Adolescents (SOFEA)

The Social and Financial Empowerment of Adolescents (SOFEA) project is a BRAC initiative aimed at providing adolescent girls in Bangladesh with financial and social support to enable them to empower themselves.

Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

Global Assets — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:35:17 -0400

Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines.

Global Assets — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:05:38 -0400

Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines.

"Spending, saving and borrowing: Perceptions and experiences of girls in Gujarat"

Global Assets — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:55:28 -0500

This report from the Population Council and SEWA of India "highlights the potential for increasing the involvement of adolescent and young women in savings activities and for designing appropriate and acceptable savings options and services for them." Please click here to go to a page where you can download the

"Savings and the Poor: the methods, use and impact of savings by the poor of East Africa"

Global Assets — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:44:57 -0500

MicroSave, a research organization, published this study in 1999.

"Women and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Problems and Prospects for Heifer Projects"

Global Assets — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:32:35 -0400

In this Center for Social Development working paper, Fred M.

"Savings Performance among Rural Households in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Effects of Gender"

Global Assets — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:33:44 -0400

This article by Gina A. N. Chowa of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work "investigates savings performance among participants in a matched savings program in Uganda, modeled after the Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) in the United States.

"The Capacity of Poor Women to Grow Their Businesses in the Dominican Republic" -Women's World Banking

Global Assets — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:50:09 -0400

This report published by Women's World Banking details a study that asks the question, "How do gender identities and consequent roles and responsibilities impact the growth and lack of growth of women’s businesses?" "The research was conducted at banks in

Peru and Colombia: Asset Building Initiatives

Global Assets — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:19:32 -0400

Three asset-based poverty alleviation initiatives are underway in Peru and Colombia. The goals of all three projects are to build assets and increase access to financial services (such as savings deposits, micro insurance, non-cash transfers, remittances management, and micro-credit) among the rural poor, especially poor women.

Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY) Livelihoods Project for Girls and Young Women

Global Assets — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:37:57 -0400

Since 1998 the Population Council and K-Rep Development Agency (KDA) have been implementing an innovative savings, microcredit, and social support program for young Kenyans in Nairobi and rural Kiambu. Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY) is an adaptation of a group-based adult microfinance model for young women. It includes specialized business training; an integrated mentoring program that provides ongoing social support, counseling, and referral for vulnerable young women; and a voluntary saving program.

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