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Case Studies RCPB's, LINKAGE's, and FAARF's savings and credit operations

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RCPB's, LINKAGE's, and FAARF's savings and credit operations
The role and impact of savings mobilization in West Africa: A study of the informal and intermediary financial sectors, Volume II, 1999
By Gilles GOLDSTEIN and Issa BARRO

This study was undertaken by the United Nations Development Programme and the British Department for Development Co-operation to collaborate in the promotion of savings services for poor people in Africa through "MicroSave - Africa". The purpose of the study was to understand how poor people save in West Africa. The purpose was also to see the response of microfinance institutions as well as the informal sector on this issue. Six countries were covered: Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo, Ghana and Guinea.

Also see: "Savings products and technologies: The role and impact of savings mobilization in West Africa: a study of the informal and intermediary financial sectors in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Mali and Togo," volume 1, 1999

See also:

Performance of Microfinance Institutions in Burkina Faso, 2002.Congo Y.

Reinventing Postal Savings Institutions in Africa: A New Role as Large-scale Microfinance Providers, 2005, by Kamewe, H.