The CFSP concept note Benefits of Creating Financial Accounts from Household Survey Data outlines the methodology to create financial accounts for households and explains how these accounts can shed light on household finance. Read the entire concept note here. 

Data collected by CFSP seed grant recipients and Mexico's Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV) seek to better understand Mexican savings and financial intermediation systems. Read the news release.

The compelling new documentary Emerging Thailand: Spirit of Small Enterprise reveals the discoveries of Robert M. Townsend and his team of economists as they study the entrepreneurship and enterprise of rural Thailand. For more information, visit emergingthailand.org.

 

 

 

CFSP Seed Grant Recipient Esteban Puentes discusses his perspective on the financial sector in Chile in this interview. Read more about

"Why Many Chileans Don't Like Working for Themselves."

New research from Daniel Keniston studies the Indian brick industry to determine the circumstances under which entrepreneurs will save and invest. Read about the research.

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