If you don’t have time to watch the whole thing, scroll to about 1:05 minutes into it, where there is a very lively savings group meeting.
All in Case Study
A Study of Atypical Groups in Mali
Very informative study that shines a lot of light on the reality of SGs - good and not so good.
Thank You Payments...
When you take a loan, and you have to pay back more than you took, what do you call that extra money you pay?
Featured Article: Coming your way (like it or not) Digital Savings Groups
It's time to set aside everything you know about Savings Group bookkeeping, security, procedures and cash management. Open your mind VERY wide while you read this article.
Banked SG members
Are you in a Savings Group at the same time you have a bank account? Please let us know why!
How it All Began...
GODIAMU’s staff include women who were there in the very first days of MMD - I felt honored to be in their presence!
Volunteerism or Fee-for-Service?
What's the best way to keep trainers training? (Hint: they don't work for money, but they need money to work).
Moira's Network
I was recently in the CARE office in Niamey Niger and saw this poster
The Microfinance Meltdown - Crisis or Opportunity for Savings Groups
Where the rest of the world sees problems, entrepreneurs see opportunities.
Early Antarctic Savings Groups
Twenty-two castaways are struggling to maintain hope on Elephant Island, a barren and frozen speck halfway between Cape Horn and Antarctica.
Report from Bogota Forum on Savings Groups
Participants brought great enthusiasm for a methodology that is starting to gain momentum in the region
Saving Money and Culture in Mapuche Lands
Indigenous Peoples as being “pre-modern groups” has been an engrained idea through which the industrial West has seen itself reflected as advanced.
Epargner, ça s'apprend !
Séverine writes about her encounters with savings groups in Colombia.
Financing solar lamps in Haiti
I was recently reading “The Poor and Their Money” by Stuart Rutherford and Sukhwinder Arora and came across a useful alternative to credit that I think is worth sharing.
The Iddir: A burial savings group for Ethiopian Taxi Drivers
In essence, the iddir is a type of insurance program run by a community or group to meet emergency situations, primarily funerals.
The Iquub: A ROSCA among Ethiopian Taxi Drivers
He and Girma were among the original founders of an iquub among Ethiopian taxi drivers that began 20 years ago
A Double Wealth
Members stepped forward to tell their stories,
Indigenizing Micro-Finance in Mapuche Lands
The Llaguepulli Community is situated on Lake Budi,
They Know How: My Introduction to Self-Managed Savings Groups
I was chasing a hunch that there had to be a better way to deliver financial services to villagers ...
Savings Groups in Hard Times: Report from Tajikistan
In the early morning of 24th July 2012, Tajik government forces launched a military operation in Khorugh city