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Savings Groups in the Digital Age: New Resources to Support Digital Transformation

DSG Hub
2022

Savings Groups in the Digital Age: New Resources to Support Digital Transformation

This webinar, recorded on June 23, 2022, explored key trends and considerations in the digital savings group (DSG) space and launched the DSG Hub. It also showcased three new resources developed for the DSG community: DSG Glossary: Key Concepts and Terms, DSG Technology Solutions Overview, and DSG Toolkit: Tools to Support Safe and Gender-responsive Digitization […]
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Digital Inclusion Digital Transformation Digitization Benefits Digitization Risks & Barriers
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Digital Inclusion Digital Transformation Digitization Benefits Digitization Risks & Barriers

Recap And Recordings of Workshop On Digital Savings Groups (DSGs)

U-Learn
2022

Recap And Recordings of Workshop On Digital Savings Groups (DSGs)

This half-day workshop brought together key refugee response actors – including digital and financial service providers, policy makers, donors, implementers and humanitarian actors – to encourage stock-taking of the digital savings groups landscape in the Uganda refugee response, and foster critical reflection. The event was organized in April 2022 by UNCDF, the Uganda Inter-Agency Cash […]
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Digital Transformation Digitization Benefits Digitization Risks & Barriers
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Digital Transformation Digitization Benefits Digitization Risks & Barriers

Welcome to the DSG Hub—the Global Destination for the Digital Savings Group Community!

By Dennis Mello & Paula Rudnicka
May 24, 2022

Welcome to the DSG Hub—the Global Destination for the Digital Savings Group Community!

This blog post, written by co-managers of the DSG Hub project at Global Communities, offers insights about why the Hub was created and how to get involved.
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Change Management Digital Transformation Digitization Benefits Digitization Costs
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Change Management Digital Transformation Digitization Benefits Digitization Costs

Truth-testing (and Quantifying) the Costs and Benefits of Digital Savings Groups

By David Panetta,
May 20, 2022

Truth-testing (and Quantifying) the Costs and Benefits of Digital Savings Groups

This blog post explores the costs and benefits of digital savings groups, and underlines the importance of truth-testing and quantifying them with greater rigor and precision.
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Digital Inclusion Digital Recordkeeping Digitization Benefits Digitization Risks & Barriers
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Digital Inclusion Digital Recordkeeping Digitization Benefits Digitization Risks & Barriers

Piloting the Digitizing of Savings Groups at Mercy Corps

By Nick Meakin & Tamrat Abera
Mercy Corps
2022

Piloting the Digitizing of Savings Groups at Mercy Corps

In this short interview, Tamrat Abera explains how Mercy Corps is piloting an app from Jamii.one to digitize the record-keeping in savings groups in Ethiopia. He explains the pilot objectives, the current status of the pilot, key challenges and lessons, and plans for the next 12 months. This is the first in a short series […]
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Consumer Protection Data Privacy & Security Digital Inclusion Financial Service Providers
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Consumer Protection Data Privacy & Security Digital Inclusion Financial Service Providers

Break the Bias: Evidence Shows Digital Finance Risks Hit Women the Hardest

By Majorie Chalwe-Mulenga, Yasmin Bin-Humam & Eric Duflos
CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor)
2022

Break the Bias: Evidence Shows Digital Finance Risks Hit Women the Hardest

This article explores evidence which shows that women are more likely to experience most risks identified in CGAP’s typology of 66 DFS consumer risks than men. CGAP observes that long-standing digital financial service (DFS) risks are not only getting worse, but new risks are emerging every year, and women are more vulnerable to DFS risks than […]
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Digital Payments Digital Recordkeeping Digitization Benefits Digitization Risks & Barriers
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Digital Payments Digital Recordkeeping Digitization Benefits Digitization Risks & Barriers

Unleashing the Potential of Digital Saving Groups to Build Financial Resilience in Rwanda

By Yi Nancy Liu & Emile Ndayambaje
UNCDF
2022

Unleashing the Potential of Digital Saving Groups to Build Financial Resilience in Rwanda

This case study examines two digital savings group solutions – Mvend and SAVE – promoted within UNCDF’s REFAD program in Rwanda. These solutions were adopted by REFAD partners to expand financial inclusion and improve resilience in refugee camps and host communities in Rwanda. The case study discusses some of the successes, enablers, and impediments on […]
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COVID-19 Digital Inclusion Digitization Benefits Digitization Risks & Barriers
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COVID-19 Digital Inclusion Digitization Benefits Digitization Risks & Barriers

Evidence Review of Women’s Groups and COVID-19: Impacts, Challenges, and Policy Implications for Savings Groups in Africa

By Eve Namisango et al.
Evidence Consortium on Women’s Groups (ECWG)
2021

Evidence Review of Women’s Groups and COVID-19: Impacts, Challenges, and Policy Implications for Savings Groups in Africa

This learning brief examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s savings groups in diverse African contexts and explores how the shift to digitization impacted these groups and their members. Conclusions indicate that women’s savings groups contributed to resilience to economic challenges associated with the pandemic. For example, households with a female member in […]
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Digital Inclusion Digital Transformation Digitization Planning Evidence & Impact
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Digital Inclusion Digital Transformation Digitization Planning Evidence & Impact

Digital Savings Groups: Rethinking Key Roles

Project Concern International, a Global Communities Partner
2020

Digital Savings Groups: Rethinking Key Roles

This document is one of three research briefs that highlight key insights from a study of digital savings groups (DSGs) conducted in rural Tanzania from August 2019 through February 2020. The research was conducted by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) working with savings groups supported by PCI and their Women Empowered (WE) […]
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digital divide Digital Inclusion Digital Transformation Digitization Benefits
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digital divide Digital Inclusion Digital Transformation Digitization Benefits

The Impact of Gender in Digital Solutions for Savings Groups

International Center for Research on Women
2020

The Impact of Gender in Digital Solutions for Savings Groups

This document is one of three research briefs that highlight key insights from a study of digital savings groups (DSGs) conducted in rural Tanzania from August 2019 through February 2020. The research was conducted by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) working with savings groups supported by PCI, a Global Communities Partner, and […]