pt. 1. Postal savings for development: Introduction: overview and summary of policy proposals for postal savings in developing countries / Mark J. Scher with Naoyuki Yoshino ; Policy and management issues confronting postal financial services today / Mark J. Scher ; The evolution of postal savings ; The public's confidence in postal savings ; International giro: safe and cost-effective remittances ; The changing economics of the posts: market liberalization, privatization, cross-border entry and acquisition ; Financial services through the postal infrastructure ; Postal systems and "postbanks": creation, separation, privatization, and synergies of reintegration ; Asian experiences in postal savings / Mark J. Scher ; Introduction ; Management and competition issues in Asian systems ; Mobilizing savings: product development and market analysis ; The intermediation and investment of mobilized savings -- pt. 2. Asian country case studies: The Postal Savings Bureau model ; Developing postal savings in China / Peng Min'an ; Postal savings as a financial intermediary in the Republic of Korea / Chan Ki Nam ; Postal banking and the financial crisis in the Republic of Korea : policy strategy proposals for the postcrisis era / Jae Seog Park and Chan Ki Nam ; Policy challenges and the reform of postal savings in Japan / Mark J. Scher and Naoyuki Yoshino ; National Savings Organization and the Post Office Savings Bank model ; The National Savings Organization and the status of small savings in India / Dhirendra Swarup and Anil Bhattacharya ; Appendix: National Savings Organization plans offered through the Post Office Savings Bank ; The Post Office Savings Bank of India / Ashok Pal Singh ; National Savings Bank Model ; Postal savings in Sri Lanka / Eastman Narangoda ; New postal savings start-ups in Asian transitional economies ; Report on the postal savings system in the Republic of Kazakhstan / Serikzhan Mambetalin, with Arken Arystanov and Dauren Moldagaliyev ; Vietnam's postal savings service / Cao Thi Hoai Duc ; The Postbank model ; The Philippine Postal Savings Bank, a thrift bank / Evangeline Felix-Racelis.

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