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The Relative Risks to the Savings of Poor People

The Relative Risks to the Savings of Poor People (MicroSave)

The primary objective of this survey by MicroSave was to quantify the relative risk faced by poor people as they save in the formal, semi-formal and informal sectors. More specifically the following questions were addressed:

1. What formal, semi-formal and informal savings systems/services the poor use (if any)?
2. How much money have the poor saved in various systems in the past one-year?
3. How much money have they lost within the one-year period in the various systems?