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Leveraging the Global Findex Microdata for Policy and Research
About the Event 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 in both research and policy fronts across...
The Decade of Digital Inclusion 2022
About the Event CEGA was proud to partner with the Marconi Society and the Haas School of Business Institute for Business and Social Impact (IBSI) on the Decade of Digital Inclusion, a two day symposium to convene leading visionaries in technology, business, policy, and digital inclusion to help...
DCO Panel: Evidence on the Impacts of Digital Credit
Digital credit often uses machine learning and “alternative” big data sources, such as mobile phone usage, to generate credit scores and distribute loans to consumers in an instant, automated, and remote fashion. Are these products distributing loans to low-income and financially underserved...
Welfare Impacts of Digital Credit: Results from a Randomized Evaluation in Nigeria
On September 8th, CEGA’s Digital Credit Observatory (DCO) hosted Welfare Impacts of Digital Credit: Results from a Randomized Evaluation in Nigeria as part of the DCO Webinar Series. Researchers Joshua Blumenstock (UC Berkeley; DCO Scientific Director), Daniel Björkegren (Brown), and Suraj Nair...
Digital Credit Speed and Repayment Rates in Mexico
On February 1st, CEGA’s Digital Credit Observatory (DCO) hosted Digital Credit Speed and Repayment Rates in Mexico as part of the DCO Webinar Series. Alfredo Burlando (University of Oregon)and Silvia Prina (Northeastern) presented preliminary results from the DCO-funded project, Slowing Down...
Digital Credit: Filling a hole, or digging a hole? Evidence from Malawi
On September 18th, CEGA's Digital Credit Observatory (DCO), as part of the DCO Webinar Series, hosted "Digital Credit: Filling a hole, or digging a hole? Evidence from Malawi." Jonathan Robinson (University of California, Santa Cruz; DCO Scientific Director), Pascaline Dupas (Stanford), and...
Fintech and Household Resilience to Shocks: Evidence from Digital Loans in Kenya
On May 6th, 2020 CEGA’s Digital Credit Observatory (DCO) hosted a webinar with Prashant Bharadwaj: Fintech and Household Resilience to Shocks: Evidence from Digital Loans in Kenya. CEGA Affiliate Prashant Bharadwaj (University of California, San Diego) presented joint work with William Jack and...
