18th Microcredit Summit: Frontier Innovations in Financial Inclusion
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On March 17th, 2016, three projects funded by the Citi IPA Financial Capability Research Fund were presented on a panel at the 18th Microcredit Summit in Abu Dhabi. Benni Savonitto (Financial Inclusion Program) presented the results from Mobile-izing Savings: Defined-Contribution Savings on a Mobile Money Platform in Afghanistan; Julian Jamison talked about the long-term follow-up survey that was recently conducted for Starting a Lifetime of Saving: Teaching the Practice of Saving to Ugandan Youth; and Marta Carnelli (IPA Colombia) discussed the progress of the Tablet-Based Financial Education project in Colombia. The three speakers were part of a panel called "Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA): Case Studies from the Field."