White paper: Enhancing adolescent financial capabilities through financial education in Bangladesh

Authors

Sajeda Amin, Population Council
Laila Rahman, Population Council
Sigma Ainul, Population Council
Ubaidur Rob, Population Council
Bushra Zaman, Population Council
Rinat Akter, Population Council

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

This white paper addresses a growing concern about the problems of financial exclusion of the poor. It is based on a scoping study and a pilot program providing financial education to adolescents in Bangladesh. The Population Council worked with BRAC and Underprivileged Children’s Educational Program (UCEP) to expand these life skills. The result and tools of the study inspired UCEP to commit introduction of financial literacy in 52 schools for the under privileged children from next year while BRAC expressed interest to accumulate resources and initiate discussions with their donors and consortium partners for gradually introducing the financial literacy in 8,800 adolescent clubs all over Bangladesh.

DOI

10.31899/pgy1.1022

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Amin, Sajeda, Laila Rahman, Sigma Ainul, Ubaidur Rob, Bushra Zaman, and Rinat Akter. 2010. "White paper: Enhancing adolescent financial capabilities through financial education in Bangladesh." Dhaka: Population Council.