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Savings Products and Services in the Informal Sector and Microfinance Institutions in West Africa: The Case of Mali and Benin

This paper looks at how poor people use informal, semi-formal and formal sector savings systems and services to better manage their household income and expenditure flows.

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Use and Impact of Savings Services Among Poor People in Zimbabwe: What It Means for Microfinance Institutions

This study outlines the reasons for which poor people save and the methods through which they rely on generally informal mechanisms in Zimbabwe.

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ASA’s Culture, Competition and Choice: Introducing Savings Services into a MicroCredit Institution

This document highlights Association for Social Advancement (ASA), Bangladesh’s provision of financial services to 1.5 million poor people.

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Introducing Savings into a MicroCredit Institution – Lessons from ASA 

This note gives lessons on introduction of an open access savings scheme from a successful MFI- ASA (Association for Social Advancement) in Bangladesh.

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Use and Impact of Savings Services among the Poor in Tanzania

The report focuses on savings practices of poor people in Tanzania. It examines the perceived advantages and disadvantages of these particular savings services including the socio-economic characteristics of the people.

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Savings and Needs in East Africa: An Infinite Variety

This paper focuses on risk management strategies of poor people to cope with the crisis situation as it disrupts the income stream of the household to meet their basic needs.