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Future Forward: Spotlight on the DSG Hub
Global Communities
2022
Future Forward: Spotlight on the DSG Hub
In this interview, Paula Rudnicka, the DSG Hub Program Manager and Sr. Technical Advisor for Gender Integration at Global Communities, shares her insights about financial inclusion, digital transformation, and the role of the Hub in promoting smart and gender-responsive digitization of savings groups.
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Top 10 Tips for Running a Great Digital Savings Group Pilot
By DreamStart Labs
May 22, 2022
Top 10 Tips for Running a Great Digital Savings Group Pilot
This article shares 10 tips from DreamStart Labs’ experience running many DSG pilots with partners around the world.
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Multimedia
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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Comparing “Born Digital” and “Paper-to-Digital” Groups
DreamStart Labs
2020
Comparing “Born Digital” and “Paper-to-Digital” Groups
This research brief highlights key insights from a study of digital savings groups (DSGs) conducted in rural Tanzania from August 2019 through February 2020. The research was led by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) working with savings groups supported by Project Concern International (PCI), a Global Communities Partner, and their Women Empowered […]
