Accounts

Household Assets and Health in China: Evidence and Policy Implications

Global Assets — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:23:51 -0400

Household Assets and Health in China: Evidence and Policy Implications
Guo, B., Zhang, L., & Sherraden, M. (2008) (CSD Working Paper 08-28). St. Louis: Washington University, Center for Social Development.

Dual incentives and dual asset building: Policy implications of the Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan Programme in China

Global Assets — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:48:51 -0400

Dual incentives and dual asset building: Policy implications of the Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan Programme in China. Guo, B., Huang, J., Sherraden, M., & Zou, L. (2008). Journal of Social Policy, 37(3), 453-470.

Child Savings Accounts: A Primer

Global Assets — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:35:39 -0400

Child Savings Accounts: A Primer

This primer describes the concept of Child Savings Accounts (CSAs), various purposes for and features of the accounts, impacts CSAs can have on a child’s development, and obstacles that impede the widespread provision of the accounts.

Global Savings, Assets, and Financial Inclusion: Lessons, Challenges & Directions

Global Assets — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:31:18 -0400

Global Savings, Assets, and Financial Inclusion: Lessons, Challenges & Directions

This report synthesizes the learning that emerged from the Global Asset Project's Symposium on Savings, Assets, and Financial Inclusion, held in Singapore in 2007.

Children Development Accounts in Africa: A Pilot Study

Global Assets — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:48:24 -0400

Children Development Accounts in Africa: A Pilot Study

Using Encouragement to Overcome Psychological Barriers to Saving in Peru

Global Assets — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:53:00 -0400

Using Encouragement to Overcome Psychological Barriers to Saving in Peru

Evaluation of a Village Savings & Loans (VSLA) Program in Ghana

Global Assets — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:04:29 -0400

Evaluation of a Village Savings & Loans (VSLA) Program in Ghana

Anti-smoking Commitment Savings in the Philippines

Global Assets — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:19:27 -0400

Anti-smoking Commitment Savings in the Philippines

The Jameel Poverty Action Lab is evaluating a commitment savings program (Committed Action to Reduce and End Smoking, or CARES) offered by Green Bank of Caraga, Philippines.

Psychology of Savings: Evaluation of Commitment Savings Programs in the Philippines

Global Assets — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:03:18 -0400

Psychology of Savings: Evaluation of Commitment Savings Programs in the Philippines

Impact of Rural Banking Program on Savings, Consumption Smoothing, and Intra-Household Resource Allocation in Kenya

Global Assets — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:44:05 -0400

Impact of Rural Banking Program on Savings, Consumption Smoothing, and Intra-Household Resource Allocation in Kenya

Emergency Savings Accounts for Remittance Receivers in Mexico

Global Assets — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:07:39 -0400

Emergency Savings Accounts for Remittance Receivers in Mexico

A Review of Commitment Savings Products in Developing Countries

Global Assets — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:18:24 -0400

A Review of Commitment Savings Products in Developing Countries

May 2003.

Testing Savings Product Innovations Using an Experimental Methodology

Global Assets — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:04:35 -0400

Testing Savings Product Innovations Using an Experimental Methodology

SEED: A Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

Global Assets — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:55:39 -0400

SEED: A Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

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

Deposit Collectors

Global Assets — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:22:52 -0400

"Deposit Collectors"

Published in Advances in Economic Analysis & Policy, 6, no. 2 (2006) by researchers at Harvard Business School, Yale University, and the University of Chicago.

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.

Reaching the Hard to Reach: Comparative Study of Member-Owned Financial Institutions in Remote Rural Areas

Global Assets — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:47:43 -0400

The Coady International Institute conducted this study on member-owned financial institutions (MOIs).

Keeping Britain posted: How post office banking could save the network and combat financial exclusion

Global Assets — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:52:46 -0400

This paper, published in 2008 by The New Economics Foundation of the U.K., discusses the costs of financial exclusion in the U.K. and argues that the government could "make post offices a central part of its commitment to greater financial inclusion."

"Building Assets From Birth: A Global Comparison of Child Development Accout Policies"

Global Assets — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:54:12 -0400

This paper published by the Center for Social Development in 2008, "provides an overview of the Child Development Account policies in Singapore, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Korea, and the proposed policy in the United States.