The Case Studies highlight successful savings mobilization techniques through three series of short cases.
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Where Are They Now? Learning from the Progress of Seven Microfinance Deposit-Taking Institutions
What happened to the seven successful deposit-taking institutions GTZ studied in 1996 as part of the CGAP Working Group on Savings Mobilization?
The case study series, Delivering for Efficiency, highlights institutions employing innovative and cost-effective delivery mechanisms to reach their target clientele. The series features the Small Enterprise Foundation in South Africa, Caixa Economica Federal in Brazil and BPR VII Koto in Indonesia.
This series, Marketing for Trust, focuses on how MFIs generate awareness and trust among clients. Read how institutions in the Philippines, the Central African Republic, Peru, and Bosnia generate demand in very different markets.
This series, Managing for Profitability, highlights institutions using innovative ways to develop profitable savings products. Read how DEPROSC Development Bank, Nepal, manages costs by standardizing product features and procedures, building staff capacity, and designing efficient incentive schemes and learn how Banco Caja Social BCSC, Colombia, uses incentives and promotion to create attractive low-cost savings products.
Transforming Compartamos: Challenges in Change
Follow Compartamos’ transformation through the stories of the people who make it tick.


