The outcomes of opening or depositing in a savings account for low-income youth in the Ghana YouthSave Experiment

Chowa, G. | Masa, R.
2016 | Ghana

The outcomes of opening or depositing in a savings account for low-income youth in the Ghana YouthSave Experiment

This 4-page brief distills the findings of an analysis of treatment youth in the Ghana Experiment to understand, in the context of an opportunity to open/transact in a savings account, whether access to accounts for youth or usage (transacting with the bank, including deposits and withdrawals) matters more for youth development outcomes.

Chowa, G., & Masa, R. (2016). The outcomes of opening or depositing in a savings account for low-income youth in the Ghana YouthSave Experiment (GSDI Research Brief). Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina, Global Social Development Innovations.