Small Savings Mobilization and Asian Economic Development: The Role of Postal Financial Services

by Mark J. Scher, Naoyuki Yoshino

Overview

Postal savings systems in Asian developing countries play a significant role in social and economic development. In many of these countries, and others around the world, postal savings and giro remittances are the only means of providing financial services to all segments of the population, particularly women, rural communities, and the urban poor. Postal savings in many countries also hold the largest share of individual and household savings among competing institutions. This book examines the postal financial systems of some twenty countries visited by the author, and also includes case studies by expert authors from different developing nations. Among the topics covered are savings product development, investing mobilized funds, receiving overseas remittances, and utilizing financial technology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765614841
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/30/2004
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mark J. Scher, Naoyuki Yoshino

Table of Contents

1: Postal Savings for Development; 1: Introduction; 2: Policy and Management Issues Confronting Postal Financial Services Today; 3: Asian Experiences in Postal Savings; 2: Asian Country Case Studies; 4: Developing Postal Savings in China; 5: Postal Savings as a Financial Intermediary in the Republic of Korea; 6: Postal Banking and the Financial Crisis in the Republic of Korea; 7: Policy Challenges and the Reform of Postal Savings in Japan; 8: The National Savings Organization * and the Status of Small Savings in India; 9: The Post Office Savings Bank of India; 10: Postal Savings in Sri Lanka; 11: Report on the Postal Savings System in the Republic of Kazakhstan; 12: Vietnam's Postal Savings Service; 13: The Philippine Postal Savings Bank, A Thrift Bank