Workshop 4: Can Financial Education Succeed? The Limits of Education as a Solution to Overindebtedness. Paper on "Counselling the Overindebted" contributed by Professor Saul Schwartz The recent paper from Saul Schwartz from the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University entitled "Counselling the Overindebted: A Comparative Perspective ", explains the different forms which counselling for overindebted or insolvent individuals can take. In the paper attached below, Saul Schwartz reviews the structure of debt counselling in several different national systems. The Canadian system is placed in an international context and the experiences of other countries are compared. His paper includes an overview of the Canadian system; a brief summary of the major similarities and differences between North American and European debt counselling; a rough typology of debt counselling organisations (process/rights/education-based); details of debt counselling systems in Germany, the UK and Ireland. ID: 37150 Author(s): iff Publication date: 28/04/06     "Counselling the Overindebted" by Saul Schwartz Counselling the Overindebted: A Comparative Perspective by Saul Schwartz School of Public Policy and Administration Carleton University (77991 Bytes)

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