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 <title>Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents (ELA) </title>
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&lt;strong&gt;Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents (ELA), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cyesnetwork.org/node/134&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Uganda&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cyesnetwork.org/node/132&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tanzania&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/empowerment-and-livelihood-for-adolescents-ela&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/credit">Credit</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/education">Education</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/financial-education">Financial Education</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/micro-enterprise">Micro-enterprise</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/microfinance">Microfinance</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-type/program">Programs</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/savings">Savings</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/africa/uganda">Uganda</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/africa/united-republic-of-tanzania">United Republic of Tanzania</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/women-gender">Women/Gender</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:47:14 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>FIELD Report No. 5: Mobilization of Savings in the West Bank &amp; Gaza</title>
 <link>http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/field-report-no-5-mobilization-of-savings-in-the-west-bank-gaza</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microlinks.org/ev_en.php?ID=25023_201&amp;amp;ID2=DO_TOPIC&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;FIELD Report No. 5: Mobilization of Savings in the West Bank &amp;amp; Gaza&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/field-report-no-5-mobilization-of-savings-in-the-west-bank-gaza&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/microfinance">Microfinance</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/middle-east/occupied-palestinian-territories">Occupied Palestinian Territories</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-type/research">Research</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/savings">Savings</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/social-policy">Social Policy</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:26:48 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Global Assets</dc:creator>
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 <title>FIELD Report No 2: Economic Strengthening for Vulnerable Children</title>
 <link>http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/field-report-no-2-economic-strengthening-for-vulnerable-children</link>
 <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microlinks.org/ev_en.php?ID=21730_201&amp;amp;ID2=DO_TOPIC&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;FIELD Report No 2: Economic Strengthening for Vulnerable Children: Principles of Program Design and Technical Recommendations for Effective Field Interventions &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/field-report-no-2-economic-strengthening-for-vulnerable-children&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/children">Children</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/education">Education</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/health">Health</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/insurance">Insurance</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/micro-enterprise">Micro-enterprise</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/microfinance">Microfinance</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/productive-assets">Productive Assets</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-type/research">Research</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/savings">Savings</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:04:48 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Global Assets</dc:creator>
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 <title>STRIVE: Economic Strengthening for Vulnerable Children</title>
 <link>http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/strive-economic-strengthening-for-vulnerable-children</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aed.org/Projects/STRIVE.cfm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;STRIVE (Supporting Transformation by Reducing Insecurity and Vulnerability with Economic Strengthening)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/strive-economic-strengthening-for-vulnerable-children&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/middle-east/afghanistan">Afghanistan</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/africa">Africa</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/asia">Asia</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/children">Children</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/health">Health</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/africa/liberia">Liberia</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/microfinance">Microfinance</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/middle-east">Middle East</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/asia/philippines">Philippines</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-type/program">Programs</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/savings">Savings</category>
 <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:12:08 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Global Assets</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">199 at http://www.globalassetsproject.org</guid>
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 <title>Microfinance and HIV/AIDS: It&#039;s Time to Talk</title>
 <link>http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/microfinance-and-hiv-aids-its-time-to-talk</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.womenchildrenhiv.org/wchiv?page=wx-resource&amp;amp;root=typ&amp;amp;cat=04&amp;amp;subcat=prbp&amp;amp;rid=872-42071&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Microfinance and HIV/AIDS: It&#039;s Time to Talk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/microfinance-and-hiv-aids-its-time-to-talk&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/children">Children</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/health">Health</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/microfinance">Microfinance</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/productive-assets">Productive Assets</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-type/research">Research</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/savings">Savings</category>
 <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:45:08 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Global Assets</dc:creator>
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 <title>Social and Financial Empowerment of Adolescents (SOFEA)</title>
 <link>http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/social-and-financial-empowerment-of-adolescents-sofea</link>
 <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cyesnetwork.org/node/133&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Social and Financial Empowerment of Adolescents (SOFEA)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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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. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/social-and-financial-empowerment-of-adolescents-sofea&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/asia/bangladesh">Bangladesh</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/credit">Credit</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/education">Education</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/financial-education">Financial Education</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/micro-enterprise">Micro-enterprise</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/microfinance">Microfinance</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-type/program">Programs</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/savings">Savings</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/women-gender">Women/Gender</category>
 <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:09:28 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Global Assets</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">197 at http://www.globalassetsproject.org</guid>
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 <title>Rural Microfinance Technical Assistance Project (PATMIR)</title>
 <link>http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/rural-microfinance-technical-assistance-project-patmir</link>
 <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sagarpa.gob.mx/desarrollorural/boletinpatmir/index.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Rural Microfinance Technical Assistance Project (PATMIR)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/rural-microfinance-technical-assistance-project-patmir&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/credit">Credit</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/central-america-carribean/mexico">Mexico</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/microfinance">Microfinance</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-type/program">Programs</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/savings">Savings</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/social-policy">Social Policy</category>
 <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:58:06 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Global Assets</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">196 at http://www.globalassetsproject.org</guid>
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 <title>Youth Invest (MasterCard Foundation &amp; MEDA)</title>
 <link>http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/youth-invest-mastercard-foundation-meda</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.meda.org/NewsPublications/MediaReleases.html#151208&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Youth Invest (MasterCard Foundation and MEDA)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/youth-invest-mastercard-foundation-meda&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/accounts">Accounts</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/africa/egypt">Egypt</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/financial-education">Financial Education</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/micro-enterprise">Micro-enterprise</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/microfinance">Microfinance</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/africa/morocco">Morocco</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-type/program">Programs</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/savings">Savings</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:49:20 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Global Assets</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">195 at http://www.globalassetsproject.org</guid>
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 <title>Household Assets and Health in China: Evidence and Policy Implications</title>
 <link>http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/household-assets-and-health-in-china-evidence-and-policy-implications</link>
 <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/csd/Publications/2008/WP08-28.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Household Assets and Health in China: Evidence and Policy Implications&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Guo, B., Zhang, L., &amp;amp; Sherraden, M. (2008) (CSD Working Paper
08-28). St. Louis: Washington University, Center for Social Development.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/household-assets-and-health-in-china-evidence-and-policy-implications&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/accounts">Accounts</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/asia/china">China</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/health">Health</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/savings">Savings</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/social-policy">Social Policy</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:23:51 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Global Assets</dc:creator>
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 <title>Dual incentives and dual asset building: Policy implications of the Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan Programme in China</title>
 <link>http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/dual-incentives-and-dual-asset-building-policy-implications-of-the-hutubi-rural-soci</link>
 <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;amp;aid=1897736&amp;amp;fulltextType=RA&amp;amp;fileId=S0047279408001992&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dual incentives and dual asset building: Policy implications of the Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan Programme in China&lt;/a&gt;. Guo, B., Huang, J., Sherraden, M., &amp;amp; Zou, L. (2008). Journal of Social Policy, 37(3), 453-470.
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/dual-incentives-and-dual-asset-building-policy-implications-of-the-hutubi-rural-soci&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/accounts">Accounts</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/asia/china">China</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/productive-assets">Productive Assets</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-type/research">Research</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/savings">Savings</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/social-policy">Social Policy</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:48:51 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Global Assets</dc:creator>
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 <title>Child Savings Accounts: A Primer</title>
 <link>http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/child-savings-accounts-a-primer</link>
 <description>&lt;a href=&quot;/files/CSA%20Primer_0.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Child Savings Accounts: A Primer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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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.&lt;br /&gt;
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</description>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/accounts">Accounts</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/banking-the-unbanked">Banking the Unbanked</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/child-savings-accounts">Child Savings Accounts</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/children">Children</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/savings">Savings</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/social-policy">Social Policy</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:35:39 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Global Assets</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">190 at http://www.globalassetsproject.org</guid>
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 <title>Global Savings, Assets, and Financial Inclusion: Lessons, Challenges &amp; Directions</title>
 <link>http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/global-savings-assets-and-financial-inclusion-lessons-challenges-directions</link>
 <description>&lt;a href=&quot;/files/Singapore%20report.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Global Savings, Assets, and Financial Inclusion: Lessons, Challenges &amp;amp; Directions&lt;br /&gt;
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This report synthesizes the learning that emerged from the Global Asset Project&#039;s Symposium on Savings, Assets, and Financial Inclusion, held in Singapore in 2007.
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</description>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/accounts">Accounts</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/child-savings-accounts">Child Savings Accounts</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/microfinance">Microfinance</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-type/publications">Publications</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/savings">Savings</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/social-policy">Social Policy</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:31:18 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Global Assets</dc:creator>
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 <title>Child Savings Accounts: Global Trends in Design and Practice</title>
 <link>http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/child-savings-accounts-global-trends-in-design-and-practice</link>
 <description>&lt;a href=&quot;/files/Global%20CSAs%20printFINAL.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Child Savings Accounts: Global Trends in Design and Practice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/child-savings-accounts-global-trends-in-design-and-practice&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/child-savings-accounts">Child Savings Accounts</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/children">Children</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-type/publications">Publications</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/savings">Savings</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/social-policy">Social Policy</category>
 <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:56:45 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Global Assets</dc:creator>
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 <title>Saving for What?</title>
 <link>http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/saving-for-what</link>
 <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://microfinancegateway.org/content/article/detail/40309&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Savings for What?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Global Assets Project&#039;s Ray Boshara &lt;a href=&quot;http://microfinancegateway.org/content/article/detail/40309&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;explains how asset building can enhance microfinance programs&lt;/a&gt; on CGAP&#039;s Microfinance Gateway.
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</description>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/child-savings-accounts">Child Savings Accounts</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/children">Children</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/microfinance">Microfinance</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/pensions-benefits">Pensions/Benefits</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-type/publications">Publications</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/savings">Savings</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/social-policy">Social Policy</category>
 <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:45:18 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Global Assets</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">187 at http://www.globalassetsproject.org</guid>
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 <title>Children Development Accounts in Africa: A Pilot Study</title>
 <link>http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/children-development-accounts-in-africa-a-pilot-study-0</link>
 <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/csd/Publications/2005/WP05-05.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Children Development Accounts in Africa: A Pilot Study&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/csd/Publications/2005/WP05-05.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/children-development-accounts-in-africa-a-pilot-study-0&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/accounts">Accounts</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/africa">Africa</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/child-savings-accounts">Child Savings Accounts</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/children">Children</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-type/publications">Publications</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/savings">Savings</category>
 <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:48:24 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Global Assets</dc:creator>
 <guid isPermaLink="false">186 at http://www.globalassetsproject.org</guid>
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 <title>Using Encouragement to Overcome Psychological Barriers to Saving in Peru</title>
 <link>http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/using-encouragement-to-overcome-psychological-barriers-to-saving-in-peru</link>
 <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.poverty-action.org/ourwork/projects_view.php?recordID=20&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Using Encouragement to Overcome Psychological Barriers to Saving in Peru&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/using-encouragement-to-overcome-psychological-barriers-to-saving-in-peru&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/accounts">Accounts</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/topics/microfinance">Microfinance</category>
 <category domain="http://www.globalassetsproject.org/country-region/south-america/peru">Peru</category>
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.poverty-action.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/evaluation-of-a-village-savings-loans-vsla-program-in-ghana&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.povertyactionlab.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jameel Poverty Action Lab&lt;/a&gt; is evaluating a commitment savings program (Committed Action to Reduce and End Smoking, or CARES) offered by Green Bank of Caraga, Philippines.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/anti-smoking-commitment-savings-in-the-philippines&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <title> Psychology of Savings: Evaluation of Commitment Savings Programs in the Philippines</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/psychology-of-savings-evaluation-of-commitment-savings-programs-in-the-philippines&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <title> Impact of Rural Banking Program on Savings, Consumption Smoothing, and Intra-Household Resource Allocation in Kenya</title>
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 <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.povertyactionlab.org/projects/project.php?pid=71&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Impact of Rural Banking Program on Savings, Consumption Smoothing, and Intra-Household Resource Allocation in Kenya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalassetsproject.org/resource-center/impact-of-rural-banking-program-on-savings-consumption-smoothing-and-intra-household&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:44:05 -0400</pubDate>
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