When you take a loan, and you have to pay back more than you took, what do you call that extra money you pay?
All in SG Quality
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.
The Oldest Group in the World
Okay, this is NOT the oldest group in the world. But it's good to see a group that is eight years old, in its 16th cycle, and still going strong.
When Money Flows into Informal Groups
I had the pleasure of being at the end of a distinguished chain passing along a new study.
Time for a deep breath
Weren’t we saying the same things about microcredit in the 1980’s and ’90’s? And then… didn’t things turn a little, uh, sour?
What's Next? (Maybe just more of the same...)
Savings Group promoters keep looking for a New Thing, a product or service that will respond to the question “What’s Next”
Let's Look Before We Leap
I recently was asked to read a draft of an academic paper on the pitfalls of microcredit and the virtues of savings groups. The paper ...
Beauty and Saving's Groups
I saw this Savings Group (formed by Cadecom) in Mchinji District in Malawi earlier this week. It was ...
Excellence Pt 3: How do You Measure "Quality"?
I have been asking the question, “How do you measure quality in a Savings Group?”
Excellence, Part 2: Bad Things Happen
Looking through `Excellence, Part 1´ I wonder ...
Hot issue, and great discussion!