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Digital Inclusion
Digital Transformation
Digitization Benefits
Digitization Risks & Barriers
Financial Inclusion
Gender
Innovation
Social Inclusion
Future Forward: Spotlight on the DSG Hub
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2022
Global Communities
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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