This paper discusses ideas and methodologies on reducing urban poverty, paying particular attention to the changes that … can be triggered by the practice of community savings. As local communities struggle to improve their development options … producing lasting transformation. Community savings are collective financial accumulations accrued by a defined (but often not …

were at the 79th, 91st, and 96th percentiles of baseline savings. Survey data show no clearly discernible intention …-to-treat effects on savings or any downstream outcomes. This suggests that policies merely focused on expanding access to basic …