Blog
Confronting low domestic savings in Africa
by
Charles Godfred Ackah, Monica P. Lambon-Quayefio
June 2022
What are the linkages between national savings and sustainable economic growth? Why are there differences in the amounts of savings between different...
Blog
Fintech and domestic savings: A perfect match coming true in sub-Saharan Africa
by
Josphat Machagua
November 2022
Financial technology (FinTech) is a major force disrupting the structure of financial services in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and enabling access of...
Blog
Unlocking the mystery of domestic savings: What difference do they make?
The socioeconomic fallout from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore discussions on domestic resource mobilization (hereafter DRM)...
Blog
Are Sovereign Wealth Funds fit for purpose in Africa?
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) have become a symbol of national success and a means for global, commercial and geopolitical influence. But how well do...
Project workshop
Domestic savings mini workshop for country case authors
This project workshop brought together the authors responsible for the country case studies of The domestic savings shortfall in developing countries – what can be done about it? project. The country studies will be included in a book volume on...
Wed, 17 March 2021
Past event
Lecture
Stata training for Domestic savings country authors
Capacity development on using Stata software is provided to the country authors of The domestic savings shortfall in developing countries – what can be done about it? project. The training is provided virtually by UNU-WIDER Research Associate Abrams...
Wed, 27 October 2021
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Fri, 29 October 2021
Online,
Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Domestic savings workshop for authors
Wed, 16 March 2022
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Thu, 17 March 2022
Online,
Nairobi,
Kenya
Past event