Foreword by Frances Moore Lappé

Preface by Ray Offenheiser, Oxfam America

Introduction: Beginning a Savings Revolution—They Know How

1. Learning Savings Group Principles

2. A Group Meeting

3. “Dependency is Not Empowering”

4.Getting Started with Saving for Change

5. The Most Productive Asset of All: Empowering Friends and Neighbors in Latin America

6.How Do We Know It Works?        

7. Savings Groups as a Platform for Other Development Initiatives

Conclusion: Bringing Savings Groups to 50 Million People