Are savings groups a livelihoods game changer for young people in Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3886901 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Flynn (0000-0002-1650-329X, corresponding author), James Sumberg (0000-0002-4626-5237) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-64 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614524.2018.1397102 |
| OpenAlex | W2782638683 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 9 |
The triad of entrepreneurship, self-employment, and financial inclusion underpins policy and development interventions meant to address the youth employment challenge in Africa. Youth savings groups are being widely promoted as a first step toward financial inclusion and economic empowerment. This article reports on the links between income-generating activities of 57 members of youth savings groups in Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Ghana, and their membership in savings groups. It concludes that while savings groups can help to facilitate operational expenses and cash flow – and thus support members’ micro-enterprises – in opportunity starved contexts their transformational potential is probably being oversold
Business · Cash · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Financial inclusion · Financial services · Geography · Livelihood · Management · Microfinance · Psychological intervention · Savings account · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · Transformational leadership · Agricultural risk and resilience · Economic Growth and Development · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Finance
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 1,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |