Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/44205 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5114
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper presents a World Bank led and Russia trust fund financed work program to measure financial capability and the effectiveness of financial education in low and middle income countries. The two activities and their staging have been motivated by the lessons of high-income countries with financial literacy programs and the deviating characteristics of low and middle income countries. While progress has been made in high-income countries to measure financial capability, there is little robust empirical evidence that financial education can improve it. While applying the financial capability concept in low and middle-income countries looks promising it will need to be adjusted to their characteristic and supported by innovative interventions and rigorous impact evaluation to improve it.
Subjects: 
financial literacy
financial capability
financial education
impact evaluation
JEL: 
C93
G29
I12
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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