Digital Transformation
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Global Digital Compact
Office of the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy on Technology
2023
Global Digital Compact
In September 2021, the Secretary General of the United Nations released a report Our Common Agenda, which included a proposed Global Digital Compact to be agreed upon at the Summit of the Future in September 2024. This website includes information about the Compact, which is expected to “outline shared principles for an open, free and […]
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Global Digital Development Forum 2023
USAID, Chemonics, IBM et al.
2023
Global Digital Development Forum 2023
On April 26-27, 2023, the Global Digital Development Forum was held online, co-organized by USAID, Chemonics, IBM, Deloitte, DAI, Google, RTI International, Save the Children, Interledger Foundation, Bixal, Palladium, and TechChange. While the event has now passed, anyone who is interested can still register here to access recorded sessions. All of the recorded sessions are […]
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Taking Stock: How the DSG Hub is Serving the Savings Group Community
By Dietlind Lerner & Paulina Rudnicka
April 27, 2023
Taking Stock: How the DSG Hub is Serving the Savings Group Community
This blog presents the history behind the DSG Hub and key takeaways from our user engagement analysis.
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Digital Financial Services
Digital Transformation
Digitization Benefits
Digitization Risks & Barriers
Digitization of SACCOs in Uganda: Drivers and Impact Study
By David Nanambi Wayiku & Prisca Adong
Asigma & Mercy Corps
2023
Digitization of SACCOs in Uganda: Drivers and Impact Study
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Webinar: Innovations in Savings Group Programming for Women’s Empowerment
Global Communities
2023
Webinar: Innovations in Savings Group Programming for Women’s Empowerment
This NGO CSW67 Forum Parallel Event, hosted in March 2023 by Global Communities, explored innovations in savings group programming that have the potential to transform unequal gender norms, reduce violence, strengthen women’s digital and financial inclusion and expand the benefits of savings groups for members with limited literacy and numeracy. In addition to digitization of […]
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FinDev Guide to Women’s Financial Inclusion
CGAP
2023
FinDev Guide to Women’s Financial Inclusion
For the 2023 International Women’s Day, FinDev Gateway compiled research and blogs published about women’s financial inclusion in the previous twelve months. Members of the DSG Hub will likely find the collection of resources on “Digital Finance That Works for Women” most relevant. These resources include:
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Who Pays and for What? Assessing the Cost of Digitizing Savings Groups
By
Simon Levell,
March 1, 2023
Who Pays and for What? Assessing the Cost of Digitizing Savings Groups
This blog explores the costs of implementing digital savings group projects.
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Capital Musings Podcast Show
UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
2023
Capital Musings Podcast Show
The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) started its podcast show, Capital Musings, in September 2019 to platform individuals driving impact and change in the area of “last mile” finance models that unlock public and private resources to reduce poverty and support local economic development. All episodes can be found the Capital Musings website. While every […]
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Imfashanyigisho Y’ibigo By’ubwizigame Byo Mu Buryo Bw’ikoranabuhanga (DSG)
By Lauren Hendricks, Dennis Mello, Paula Rudnicka
Global Communities, Women for Women International
2023
Imfashanyigisho Y’ibigo By’ubwizigame Byo Mu Buryo Bw’ikoranabuhanga (DSG)
This version of the DSG Toolkit: Tools to Support Safe and Gender-responsive Digitization of Savings Groups translated from English into Kinyarwanda, consists of seven practical tools to support safe, effective, and gender-responsive digitization of savings groups. These tools include practical guidance for implementers and trainers across multiple aspects of digitization, such as: Each tool can […]
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Vendor and Product Showcase: DSG Technologies Advancing Financial Inclusion
Global Communities
2023
Vendor and Product Showcase: DSG Technologies Advancing Financial Inclusion
This virtual event, hosted on February 1, 2023 by Global Communities and the FAHU Foundation, explored a wide range of digital solutions designed for savings groups. Global Communities opened the Showcase by introducing the new and improved DSG Vendors and Products tool on the DSG Hub. Next, nine DSG vendors and innovators showcased their products […]