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Microcredit may have a Nobel Prize, but evidence is mounting that savings-based programs are more effective tools for providing a pathway out of poverty.

In this week’s Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½/Politico Live Chat, , Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½’s deputy director of the Global Assets Project, will be taking questions at Noon ET Tuesday on the role of savings in international development, from the United States to Mexico to Uganda. For background on this issue and some promising pilot programs, please see the video from last week’s event, “.”

UPDATE: This online discussion has concluded. A complete transcript is available below..

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Past Chats

Previous Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½/Politico chats have their full transcripts archived:

• Schwartz Fellow on the Obama Administration’s faith-based initiatives
• Education Policy Program staffers on the future of Head Start
• Health Policy Program Director on the current state of health reform
• Energy Policy Initiative Director on the prospects for real progress with climate policy legislation.
• Schwartz Fellow on Cold War lessons for Afghanistan