From Cash to Accounts : Switching How Women Save in Uganda

In Sub Saharan Africa women are often not protecting their savings through formal devices but instead keeping their savings in more vulnerable savings options. After participating in a savings promotion program, women are more likely to save in se...

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Main Author:	Buehren, Niklas
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	DATA COLLECTION BANK ACCOUNT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INVESTMENTS MICROFINANCE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SAVINGS SERVICES FINANCIAL SERVICES RISKS SAVINGS SAVINGS MOBILIZATION SAVINGS PROMOTION FUTURE SAVING BANK SAVINGS BEHAVIOR BANK ACCOUNTS SAVINGS ACCOUNT WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/380441467986322700/From-cash-to-accounts-switching-how-women-save-in-Uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25455

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spelling	okr-10986-254552021-04-23T14:04:31Z From Cash to Accounts : Switching How Women Save in Uganda Buehren, Niklas DATA COLLECTION BANK ACCOUNT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INVESTMENTS MICROFINANCE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SAVINGS SERVICES FINANCIAL SERVICES RISKS SAVINGS SAVINGS MOBILIZATION SAVINGS PROMOTION FUTURE SAVING BANK SAVINGS BEHAVIOR BANK ACCOUNTS SAVINGS ACCOUNT WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY In Sub Saharan Africa women are often not protecting their savings through formal devices but instead keeping their savings in more vulnerable savings options. After participating in a savings promotion program, women are more likely to save in semi-formal savings options. Participants moved their cash to semi-formal saving options, such as ROSCAs, but did not go as far as moving to regular bank accounts or other formal savings options. The pilot identified subgroups that may be especially receptive for informational savings campaigns. Women who were illiterate or had been robbed or stolen from in the past one and a half years show significant increases in take-up of formal savings options after participating in the program. The savings mobilization program resulted in reallocation rather than accumulation of monetary wealth. 2016-11-28T20:21:42Z 2016-11-28T20:21:42Z 2015-07 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/380441467986322700/From-cash-to-accounts-switching-how-women-save-in-Uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25455 English en_US Gender Innovation Lab Policy Brief;No. 11 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Uganda
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topic	DATA COLLECTION BANK ACCOUNT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INVESTMENTS MICROFINANCE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SAVINGS SERVICES FINANCIAL SERVICES RISKS SAVINGS SAVINGS MOBILIZATION SAVINGS PROMOTION FUTURE SAVING BANK SAVINGS BEHAVIOR BANK ACCOUNTS SAVINGS ACCOUNT WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY
spellingShingle	DATA COLLECTION BANK ACCOUNT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INVESTMENTS MICROFINANCE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SAVINGS SERVICES FINANCIAL SERVICES RISKS SAVINGS SAVINGS MOBILIZATION SAVINGS PROMOTION FUTURE SAVING BANK SAVINGS BEHAVIOR BANK ACCOUNTS SAVINGS ACCOUNT WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY Buehren, Niklas From Cash to Accounts : Switching How Women Save in Uganda
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relation	Gender Innovation Lab Policy Brief;No. 11
description	In Sub Saharan Africa women are often not protecting their savings through formal devices but instead keeping their savings in more vulnerable savings options. After participating in a savings promotion program, women are more likely to save in semi-formal savings options. Participants moved their cash to semi-formal saving options, such as ROSCAs, but did not go as far as moving to regular bank accounts or other formal savings options. The pilot identified subgroups that may be especially receptive for informational savings campaigns. Women who were illiterate or had been robbed or stolen from in the past one and a half years show significant increases in take-up of formal savings options after participating in the program. The savings mobilization program resulted in reallocation rather than accumulation of monetary wealth.
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author	Buehren, Niklas
author_facet	Buehren, Niklas
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title	From Cash to Accounts : Switching How Women Save in Uganda
title_short	From Cash to Accounts : Switching How Women Save in Uganda
title_full	From Cash to Accounts : Switching How Women Save in Uganda
title_fullStr	From Cash to Accounts : Switching How Women Save in Uganda
title_full_unstemmed	From Cash to Accounts : Switching How Women Save in Uganda
title_sort	from cash to accounts : switching how women save in uganda
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/380441467986322700/From-cash-to-accounts-switching-how-women-save-in-Uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25455
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From Cash to Accounts : Switching How Women Save in Uganda

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