Women, Microfinance, and Savings: Lessons and Proposals

Microfinance—both credit and savings—has potential to improve the well- being of poor women in developing countries. This paper explores practical ways to achieve that potential. Based on lessons from informal saving mechanisms that women already use, the paper proposes two savings services designed to address the development issues that confront women. The proposals call for safe-deposit boxes and for matched savings accounts for health care or education.

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Year of publication:	2001-09-02
Authors:	Vonderlack, Rebecca ; Schreiner, Mark
Institutions:	EconWPA
Subject:	gender \| development \| savings incentives \| Individual Development Accounts \| sexism

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Development and Comp Systems.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Type of Document - Adobe Acrobat 3.0; prepared on Windows 98; to print on Adobe Acrobat 3.0; pages: 25; figures: Included in pdf file 25 pages
Classification:	O57 - Comparative Studies of Countries ; N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Income and Wealth ; D91 - Intertemporal Consumer Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving ; J16 - Economics of Gender
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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