What should financial education be about?
Samira has been saving regularly over the years for her daughter’s education. Her sister, Bopha, calls her one evening – she has a cancer and not enough money to pay …
Reverse the knowledge balance: your clients already know a lot about money
Today, Mr. S., farmer and father of three, is attending a financial literacy workshop. As the facilitator introduces himself, Mr. S’s mind wanders. He left his wife and eldest son …
Reflexions on OECD PISA Financial literacy assessment
On July 9th 2014, the OECD released the PISA financial literacy assessment of students. It is the first of its kind at that scale: around 29 000 students in 13 OECD …
What is financial literacy?
Literacy is being able to read and write; maths literacy is being able to count and master simple operations; but what is financial literacy? This phrase appeared in the late 1990s and …
Financial Literacy Conference – Day 2
Friday was a very full half day of keynotes speakers. The first was about programme evaluations, and how important it is to think about how to evaluate when designing a …
OECD Financial literacy conference in Toronto
I am attending the OCDE financial literacy conference in Toronto today and tomorrow. Great to meet other people (banks, governmental agencies, content providers, school teachers, consultant, a few NGOs) involved …