Micro-savings risks and rewards
Savings schemes are often incorporated into micro-finance programmes on the grounds that they enable the programme to support itself out of its own resources and that they help their clients achieve financial growth and independence. This article points to the dangers to individuals'savings in such schemes and suggests how they may be protected.
savings in such schemes and suggests how they may be protected.
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