Download the full publication:听听听
“Findings from a Global Financial Inclusion Partnership” presents a concise summary听of the knowledge generated and the lessons听learned from the activities of this five-year听project.听
The introductory chapter provides an听overview听of the YouthSave Project, its inception,听goals, and results. Additionally it outlines the project’s synthesis publication “Findings from a Global Financial Inclusion Partnership.”听
“YouthSave Implementation Context” provides key background听information that will help the reader understand听the environments in which the project operated.
“Who Saves and How” covers the high-level results from the听Savings Demand Assessment听analysis, the听largest dataset on demographic and transaction听information ever assembled on youth savers.
“The Ghana YouthSave听Experiment” highlights the key results听of the Ghana Experiment, which sought to听evaluate the psychosocial, educational, health,听and financial capability-related impacts of听youth savings.
“Voices of Youth, Parents, and Stakeholders on Youth Saving” provides an overview听of the project鈥檚 qualitative work, told in the first-person voices of the young savers themselves听and some of their parents and other influential听adults.
“Design and Delivery of Youth Savings Accounts” describes of factors that financial institutions听should note when entering the youth market.
“YouthSave Financial Education Programming Results” charts the successes and challenges听of the project鈥檚 financial education activities.
“Key Lessons on the Implementation of the Research Agenda in YouthSave” provides overall lessons in conducting a听large multi-country research project.
“More than a Means to an End” shares insights about building effective听partnerships among organizations from diverse听countries and vastly different sectors and with听different institutional cultures.
“A Framework to Analyze the Business Case for Youth Saving” examines听the role听of youth savings accounts in the business听strategy of commercial financial institutions.
“Policy Lessons from YouthSave” explores how youth savings can听serve as a tactic to advance the larger youth听development strategies that developing听country governments are increasingly pursuing,听as well as the policy challenges of this tactic.
“YouthSave Overall Research Lessons” suggests directions for听further research based on YouthSave learnings.