This paper complements previous studies by arguing that the low private savings ratio in Latin America can be … established a relationship between private savings and financial markets either by using a measure of "financial depth" or a … measure of "borrowing constraints". This paper offers an alternative view by claiming that the private savings rate relates …

, the personal savings rate has been holding steady at zero for several years, down from 8 percent in the mid-1980s …

Introduction / Caroline Moser -- Intergenerational asset accumulation and poverty reduction in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1978 …-2004 / Caroline Moser and Andrew Felton -- Learning from asset-based approaches to poverty / Michael R. Carter -- The stages …-of-progress methodology and results from five countries / Anirudh Krishna -- Asset accumulation policy and poverty reduction / Caroline Moser …