Posted in The village, VSLA, tagged ASCA, field research, IPA, RCT, ROSCA, VSLA on October 8, 2011| 4 Comments »
At the Arusha Savings Group Summit, Bram Thuysbaert (Yale) and Beniamino Savonitto from Innovations for Poverty Action presented early evidence from a 2-year study of the impact of CARE’s savings associations (VSLAs) in Uganda, using randomized control trials. The results were unexpected.
The study compared ‘treatment’ villages where savings associations had been formed with ‘control’ villages where they had not. Conference delegates were told that members’ investments (more…)
Posted in Village institutions, tagged ROSCA, savings account, time value of money, transparency, VSLA, Zanzibar on September 29, 2011| 5 Comments »
This group has been operating since 2006.
There are now many mature Village Savings & Loan Associations. Where are they going? What do they look like?
Mwanzo Mgumu is a 4th cycle association (originally incubated by CARE) in southern Zanzibar. The day we visited (on assignment with the Financial Sector Deepening Trust), 15 members were attending of all ages; 12 were women. This cycle they will meet weekly for 2 years.
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