May 1, 2012
April 25, 2012
May 15, 2012
Right Place, Right Time: The importance of workplace in financial action
Themes:
Financial Literacy
May 8, 2012
What’s wrong and what’s right about consumer finance?
It’s the microfinance bête noire. The great unspeakable. The furtive shadow slinking down the narrow alleys of poverty. Yes, the consumer loan. Has microfinance really come to this, we ask? Helping the poor buy a TV? Charging 40% interest for the couch to go in fro
Themes:
Credit, Savings
May 2, 2012
Formality and Informality: Lessons from the new Findex Survey
The Findex project helps to correct a long-standing im
May 1, 2012
More Mysteries of Savings
A lot of progress has been made in understanding the savings behavior of poor households over the last few years. A raft of new studies are beginning to appear that promise to advance our understanding further.
Themes:
Behavioral Economics, Commitment Devices, Savings
April 25, 2012
Microinsurance: A Review of the Literature
In most of the developing world, the poor are disproportionately vulnerable to risk. Whether these risks come in the form of the death of a family member, severe illness, the loss of an asset such as livestock, or a natural disaster, these events have a particularly debilitating affect on the poor who are less able to financially absorb and recover from such shocks.
Themes:
Insurance
