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Changing Village

Status: Ongoing

Researcher(s): Shahaduz Zaman, PhD, Tanvir Shatil, Khondokar Shakhawat Ali, Mirza M. Hassan, PhD, Syeda Salina Aziz, Asif Shahan, PhD, Rohini Kamal, PhD

Topic(s): Climate Change, Digitization, Economic Development, Gender Justice, Governance and Politics, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation

Improving Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Mobile Phones and Training in Malawi

Topic(s): Digitization, Wee-DiFine

The Roles of Information and Search Frictions in Determining Working Conditions in Bangladesh’s Apparel Sector

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Md. Shakil Ahmed, Md. Karimul Islam

Topic(s): Economic Development, Skills and Jobs, Digitization

(Digital) Cash Transfers, Privacy, and Women’s Economic Empowerment: Experimental Evidence from Uganda

Status: Ongoing

Topic(s): Digitization, Economic Development

Repaying Loans with Mobile Money: Impacts on Female Microfinance Clients in Tanzania

Status: Ongoing

Topic(s): Digitization, Economic Development

Leveraging Digital Technology to Make Crop Insurance More Accessible to Women: The Effects of Flexible Payment Schedules on Women’s Uptake and Bargaining Power

Status: Ongoing

Topic(s): Digitization, Economic Development

Engaging Women in Mobile Money Markets

Status: Ongoing

Topic(s): Digitization, Economic Development

Empowering Women Domestic Workers: Qualitative Investigation on the Impact of DFS on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Nigeria

Status: Ongoing

Topic(s): Digitization, Economic Development

An Experimental Analysis of the Impact of Smartphones and Household Property Rights on the Uptake of Digital Financial Services

Status: Ongoing

Topic(s): Economic Development, Digitization

Digital Services Access Survey (DigiSAS)

Status: Ongoing

Researcher(s): Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Semab Rahman, Marjan Hossain

Topic(s): Governance and Politics, Digitization

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Working Paper

The Impacts of Earned Wage Access on Low-Income Women Workers

Publisher: BIGD

Date: 2024

Author(s): Adhvaryu, Achyuta; Dhanaraj, Sowmya; Nyshadham, Anant; Gade, Smit; Somanchi, Apoorv

Topic(s): Digitization, Wee-DiFine

Working Paper

Understanding the Onboarding Challenges in Digital Financial Services: A Qualitative Exploration

Publisher: BIGD

Date: 2024

Author(s): Hossain, Faruq; Asrar, Jumana; Proma, Aishwarya Sanjukta Roy; Zaman, Shahaduz

Topic(s): Digitization

Working Paper

Extending Trends in Savings and Digital Finance to Women’s Economic Empowerment and Digital Savings: A Qualitative Study with Married Women in India

Date: 2023

Author(s): Singh, Jaspreet; Divekar, Ritika; Arakoni, Kaavya

Topic(s): Digitization, Wee-DiFine

Working Paper

Smartphone Ownership, Economic Empowerment and Women’s Property Rights: Experimental Evidence from Malawi

Date: 2023

Author(s): Roessler, Philip; Kumar, Tanu; Bhattacharya, Shreya; Carroll, Peter;  Dulani, Boniface; Nielson, Daniel

Topic(s): Digitization, Economic Development, Wee-DiFine

Working Paper

Reformulating Index Insurance to Protect Women’s Assets and Well-being: Evidence from Pastoralist Communities in Kenya

Date: 2023

Author(s): Arteaga, Julian; Carter, Michael; Hobbs, Andrew 

Topic(s): Digitization, Economic Development, Wee-DiFine

Report

Citizen Engagement in Monitoring Public Procurement – Findings From an Impact Assessment Study

Date: 2023

Author(s): Sulaiman, Munshi; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Mozumder, Tanvir Ahmed

Topic(s): Digitization

Policy Brief

Using Social Media to Train Farmers: Evidence From Aquaculture Farmers in Bangladesh

Publisher: BIGD

Date: 2023

Author(s): Abedin, Zeeshan; Hossain, Marzuk A. N.; Mahmud, Tahmid Bin; Rahman, Khandker Wahedur

Topic(s): Digitization

Report

Digital Literacy and Access to Public Services in Rural Households of Bangladesh

Publisher: BIGD

Date: 2023

Author(s): Shafi, Yasin

Topic(s): Digitization, Skills and Jobs

Policy Brief

Birth Registration in Bangladesh: Challenges from a Citizen’s Perspective

Date: 2022

Topic(s): Digitization

Evidence and Insights

Economic Empowerment for Married Women Through Digital Savings in India

Date: 2021-2023

Author(s): Busara Center for Behavioral Economics

Topic(s): Digitization, Economic Development

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30 September 2024
Making Change: women’s employment in Bangladesh’s mobile money sector
Jessica Goldberg, Xavier Gine, Lore Vandewalle, Anusuya Sivaram, and Carlotta Nani

A new experiment with bKash, Bangladesh’s largest mobile money operator, aims to close the gender gap in mobile money use by employing women as mobile money agents. Early results show promise, with 80% of women who were randomly offered jobs accepting the role, matching the take-up rate of men. While the study is still in its early stages, it could lead to increased financial inclusion for women and more flexible local employment opportunities, potentially transforming the sector.

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2 September 2024
Thanking our Peer Reviewers for their Contributions to the WEE-Connect and WEE-DiFine Review Process
WEE-DiFine Team

This year BRAC Institute of Governance and Development launched back-to-back requests for proposals for the WEE-Connect and WEE-DiFine Initiatives, respectively. We received an impressive number of submissions to each! Peer reviews are the building blocks of the proposal review process and our reviewers have been nothing short of outstanding in lending their important insights and time to the success of our review process. As a gesture of heartfelt gratitude, here’s a list of the amazing peer reviewers who supported our 2024 review process!

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23 January 2024
Digital Financial Services and Women’s Empowerment: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
Rachel Heath and Emma Riley

In Tanzania, a randomized control trial with 152 female microfinance groups explored the transformative potential of digital financial services on women’s empowerment. By encouraging mobile money for loan repayments, previously dominated by cash transactions, the study found a substantial increase in women’s mobile money usage. The shift not only led to enhanced financial control, as reflected in higher savings and improved loan repayment behavior, but also fostered social cohesion within microfinance groups. This research underscores the impactful role of digital tools in empowering women and advocates for the integration of such services into broader financial initiatives.

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24 December 2023
Advancing Financial Inclusion for Women in Bangladesh Requires a Focus on Financial Capability
Leora Klapper and Kym Cole

Bangladesh’s financial inclusion strides, highlighted at the BIGD Conference, show a 21% rise in overall account ownership in the past decade. Despite progress, the gender gap widened to 20%, emphasizing the need for targeted efforts to empower women in the digital finance landscape.

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21 December 2023
Digital Financial Inclusion and SHGs in Rural India
Anwesha Bhattacharya, Erik Jorgensen, Urvi Naik, Aruj Shukla, and Charity Troyer Moore

Despite SHG ownership advantages, rural Chhattisgarh women still face barriers in actively engaging with digital financial services, as revealed by low DFS usage rates, prompting the need for further investigation.

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30 November 2023
Who Cares? Reflections on Claudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize and Women’s Work in Bangladesh
Kate Brockie

Guest writer Kate Brockie reflects on Claudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize for her work on women’s labour force participation, and how Dr Goldin’s model relates to trends of women’s work in Bangladesh.

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10 October 2023
Freedom (Fear) of Expression in a Free Country
Tanvir Ahmed Mozumder

Do the people of Bangladesh truly believe they are free as citizens? Are they comfortable expressing their opinions on social media? A recent nationally representative survey offers valuable insights into the sentiments of Bangladeshi citizens regarding these questions.

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27 September 2023
Empowering Women Domestic Workers: Qualitative Investigation on the Impact of Digital Financial Services (DFS) on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Nigeria
Okechukwu Amah, Ruqayyah Baderinwa, Muhammad A. Akanji, Victor Kolo, Charles Aigbona, and Chinedu Okoro

Qualitative research finds that mobile phones serve as a gateway to accessing DFS and play a pivotal role in transforming Nigeria’s female domestic workers’ financial landscapes.

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18 September 2023
Understanding Women’s Financial Decision-Making: Insights From a Photovoice Study in India
Kaavya Arakoni, Ritika Divekar, and Jaspreet Singh

Creative qualitative methods can unveil aspects of participants’ financial lives that may be difficult to articulate in verbal interviews, such as nuanced contexts, details, and emotions. How effective are participatory research methods like photovoice as opposed to traditional quantitative survey methods?

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12 September 2023
Managing Risks and Building an Equitable and Prosperous Future: The Role of Digital Financial Services
Nusrat Jahan

By offering accessible insurance options and addressing challenges faced by marginalized groups, such as women, DFS can not only mitigate immediate losses but also contribute to long-term resilience and prosperity for families, breaking the cycle of poverty in the face of natural disasters.

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Jun '23

BIGD International Conference: Making Digital Finance Work for Women

10:00 am BRAC Centre Inn Auditorium

BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) organized its international convening in 2023–"Making Digital Finance Work for Women." The two-day hybrid conference took place on 21-22 June 2023, where recent global research insights...

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Jun '22

Digitalization and New Frontiers of Service Delivery: Opportunities and Challenges

9:00 am Dhaka

BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) organized a three-day international conference titled Digitalization and New Frontiers of Service Delivery: Opportunities and Challenges from 20 to 22 June 2022 at the BRAC Center Inn...

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Jan '23

The Future of Financial Inclusion: Presenting the Findex 2021 Bangladesh Findings

3:00 pm BRAC Centre Inn Conference Room (1st Floor)

The Global Findex Database 2021 Powerpoint Slides  │ Women’s Economic Empowerment and Digital Finance (WEE-DiFine) Powerpoint Slides While Bangladesh made great strides toward financial inclusion between 2014 and 2017, as measured...

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Jan '23

Leveraging the Global Findex Microdata for Policy and Research

10:00 am Webinar

Since 2011, the World Bank’s Global Findex Database has been the definitive source of data on global access to financial services from payments to savings and borrowing. The Findex data and its insights have driven numerous applications...

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Dec '22

Expanding Women’s Financial Inclusion: Global Implications of the Findex Gender Note 2021

6:00 pm Webinar

The Global Findex Database 2021 shows that the gap in access to financial services between men and women dropped to 4 percentage points for the first time in the past decade. In developing economies, the gap is...

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Jun '22

Featuring Women’s Economic Empowerment & Digital Financial Services (WEE-DiFine) at the International Conference on Digitalization and New Frontiers of Service Delivery: Opportunities and Challenges

2:00 pm BRAC Centre Inn Auditorium

BIGD’s WEE-DiFine Initiative was featured at the International Conference on Digitalization and New Frontiers of Service Delivery: Opportunities and Challenges. Speakers presented WEE-DiFine’s objectives and portfolio, foundational...

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Feb '22

WEE-DiFine Webinar – Supporting Applicants: Breaking Down Barriers to Success in the RFP Application Process

8:00 pm Webinar

  Click here to view the presentation slide deck (PDF) Women’s Economic Empowerment and Digital Finance (WEE-DiFine)  is a research initiative aimed at generating a comprehensive body of evidence on the causal impact...

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Jun '22

BIGD International Conference on Digitalization, Institutions and Economics: New Frontiers in Service Delivery

9:00 am Dhaka

BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) invited academics and scholars to participate in the International Conference on Digitalization, Institutions and Economics: New Frontiers in Service Delivery, held in Dhaka (or online...

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Apr '21

WEE-DiFine Webinar Series Part 2: Developing Competitive Proposals

8:00 pm Webinar

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Digital Finance (WEE-DiFine) is a research initiative aimed at generating a comprehensive body of evidence on the causal impact of digital financial services on women’s economic empowerment. Based at...

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Apr '21

WEE-DiFine Webinar Series Part 1: Request for Proposals and FAQs

8:00 pm Webinar

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Digital Finance (WEE-DiFine) is a research initiative aimed at generating a comprehensive body of evidence on the causal impact of digital financial services on women’s economic empowerment. Based at...

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Citizens and the Facebook: BIGD Survey Data

Publisher: The Financial Express

Date: 2023

Topic(s): Digitization

Women’s Skills for Freelancing

Publisher: New Age

Date: 2023

Topic(s): Digitization, Skills and Jobs

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