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Savings Achieved through FPS Automation: Step for Greater Efficiencies

In this note, we discuss the savings that have accrued because of automation of fair price shops (FPS) in Andhra Pradesh and to an extent in Telangana.

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Are the $2 Billion Annual Savings Arising from PAHAL Real?

Are the $2 Billion Annual Savings Arising from PAHAL Real? The blog examines the performance of Pahal, direct benefit transfer for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (DBTL) programme scheme in India.

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How Can BC-MFIs Tap Household Savings?

MFIs do not fit into clients’ mental models of where to save. This note studies, on how MFIs can turn this situation around using client’s demand for credit and desire to accumulate lump sums as triggers to induce active savings behaviour through MFI-BCs.

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Savings perceptions and preferences in India – The relative risk to the savings of the poor

MicroSave conducted a study in three different Indian states – Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu this past year to seeks answers to the following questions: How do poor people save and what works best for them among the formal, semi-formal, and informal choices available? Why do they choose one investment or savings versus another, […]

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Savings for the Poor in the Philippines

The Savings for the Poor Innovation and Knowledge Network (SPINNAKER) was created by a group of professionals with a mission to help financial institutions develop, research, compare, and ultimately improve the design, marketing and delivery of savings products for the poor.

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Exploring dormancy in no frills savings accounts in Rajasthan

This MicroSave research aims to understand the reasons for widespread dormancy in No Frills Accounts opened through various service providers like public and private sector banks, RRBs and business correspondents.