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The Outcomes of Opening or Depositing in a Savings Account for Low-income Youth in the Ghana YouthSave Experiment

This 4-page brief distills the findings of an analysis of treatment youth in the Ghana Experiment to understand, in the context of an opportunity to open/transact in a savings account, whether access to accounts for youth or usage (transacting with the bank, including deposits and withdrawals) matters more for youth development outcomes.

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Rainier Masa
Gina Chowa

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The Outcomes of Opening or Depositing in a Savings Account for Low-income Youth in the Ghana YouthSave Experiment