The Connecticut Asset Building Collaborative´s Peer Learning Network second workshop hosted its second workshop last Thursday. We had a very good, lively debate, with many good comments, suggestions and ideas. Julia Brown gave a truly excellent presentation that really opened up the discussion, with plenty of things to talk about and revisit.
As promised, here you have a link to her presentation, as well as many of the studies and projects that were referenced during the workshop:
- Here is a link to her Powerpoint presentation.
- A brief on general principles on behavioral economics.
- Here is more information on the Household Finance Initiative.
- You can find more about Julia´s work and research on the Innovations for Poverty Action website.
- Two books that were referenced during the discussion: "Hand to Mouth. Living in Bootstrap America" by Linda Tirado and "Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much" by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldae Shafir.
- The Family Independence Initiative, a non-profit that was referenced in the discussion that uses peer groups to promote financial empowerment.
- Two articles on check cashing stores: "The High Cost, for the Poor, of Using a Bank" (New Yorker) and "The Real Reason the Poor Go Without Bank Accounts" (CityLab)
We are also looking into posting the video later this week, if possible. In any case, this should be a good start. For the next session, we are looking for ideas of possible subject to cover. If you have any ideas for the the spring workshop, please e-mail us!
You can find the Powerpoint slides after the jump:
Do you like this post?
Be the first to comment
Sign in with