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Community savings groups in Uganda are good stewards of local people’s money – and of outsiders’ funds too, research shows

  • Written by Danice Brown Guzmán, Associate Director of Evidence and Learning, Pulte Institute for Global Development, University of Notre Dame
imageIn remote areas of Uganda, getting to a bank can be difficult if not impossible.Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images

Imagine being unable to borrow money for basic needs or emergencies because the bank is too far away or demands collateral or identification that you can’t provide. For millions of rural people living in poverty around the world, this is...

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