Showing results for "savings"
This paper discusses how low-income people in South Africa (SA) save, how they use different savings services/systems and the impact of these savings facilities on their household budgets/lives.
The study is based on qualitative and quantitative research to assess risks involved in saving informally as compared to saving through institutions in semi-formal and the formal sector in Uganda.
This study shows the importance of savings for smoothing out peaks and troughs in income and expenditure in Zambia
This note focuses on voluntary savings services, as compulsory savings services have witnessed drop outs in East Africa and Bangladesh.
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.
This study outlines the reasons for which poor people save and the methods through which they rely on generally informal mechanisms in Zimbabwe.