Bibliograph

In Their Own Hands, How Savings Groups Are Revolutionizing Development

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In Their Own Hands, How Savings Groups Are Revolutionizing Development

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In Their Own Hands

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

889674412

Sub title

How Savings Groups Are Revolutionizing Development

Summary

Two and a half billion people worldwide, most of them desperately poor villagers, need a better way to save and to borrow. Even the most innovative banking institutions can't reach them; savings groups can.In savings groups, members save what they can in a communal pot and loan their growing fund to each other for their short-term needs. Jeffrey Ashe and Kyla Neilan illustrate how these savings groups form and function and how little "outside" support is actually required for their success. Drawing on decades of Ashe's personal experience, this book describes how he developed Saving for Change

Table Of Contents

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; INTRODUCTION: Beginning a Savings Revolution-They Know How; CHAPTER 1 Guiding Principles for Saving for Change; CHAPTER 2 A Group Meeting; CHAPTER 3 "Dependency Is Not Empowering"; CHAPTER 4 Getting Started with Saving for Change; CHAPTER 5 The Most Productive Asset of All: Empowering Friends and Neighbors; CHAPTER 6 How Do We Know It Works?; CHAPTER 7 Applying Savings Group Principles to Other Development Initiatives; CONCLUSION: Bringing Savings Groups to Fifty Million People; Notes; Bibliography; Additional Resources; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; DEF; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; About the Authors

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