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This module explores the importance of providing saving services to the poor as a financial instrument and as a source of capital for microfinance providers. It provides an overview of when and how savings can be added to an MFIs services. Global experiences from East Asia and Latin America will be used as examples but African’s experiences will be broadly featured through MicroSave and DDebit.
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Agenda
Moderator
Kate McKee, USAID
Speakers
M. Robinson, HIID Institute Fellow Emeritus,
L. Mutesasira, MicroSave Africa, Uganda
Practitioners
Dedebit and Savings Institute, Ethiopia
Tekelewoini Assafe, DECSI, Ethiopia
CMF, Uganda |
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Savings Mobilization as a Financial Instrument and its Relevance for the Poor
Marguerite Robinson
MicroSave Experience in Africa
L. Mutesasira
Experience from Credit and Savings Institution
Dedebit and Savings Institute, Ethiopia
CMF Transition to Collecting Savings
L. Chen, CMF, Uganda
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Speakers´ Bios
Marguerite Robinson is an Institute Fellow at Harvard University's Institute for International Development (HIID). Since 1979, Dr. Robinson has served as advisor to the Ministry of Finance, Government of Indonesia, and to the Bank Rakyat Indonesia on the development of BRI's nationwide unit banking system. She has also advised numerous other governments, banks and financial institutions on microfinance.
Leonard Mutesasira is the Research and Training Coordinator /Micro Finance Specialist of MicroSave Africa Initiative of UNDP/DfID. He worked as Micro Finance Officer in Kampala office of UNDP and Loan Officer/Economic Development Specialist for US Small Business Administration in New York before he joined MicroSave Africa project. He has published several papers on the impact of savings in recent years, including "Use and Impact of Savings in Uganda", "Savings and Needs - An infinite Variety", "Risks, Assets and Vulnerability: The Impact of Microfinance on Poverty", "Comparative Study of SACCO in East and Western Africa", and "Exits/Drop-Outs Among East African MFIs". Mr. Mutesasira holds an MBA from Eastern College, USA (1994) and BA (Hons) from Makerere University Kampala Uganda (1987)
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Suggested Readings
Use and Impact of Savings Services Among the Poor in East Africa
Research by Leonard Mutesasira, Henry Sampangi, Harry Mugwanga, John Kashangaki, Florence Maximambali, Christopher Lwoga, David Hulme, Graham Wright and Stuart Rutherford
Kampala, May 1999, UNDP
The Role and Impact of Savings Mobilization in West Africa:
A study of the Informal and Intermediary Financial Sectors
UNCDF
Savings Mobilization Strategies: Lessons From Four Experiences
CGAP Focus Notes No.13
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