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Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

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Cenfri, with support from GIZ and in collaboration with On Think Tanks, is exploring the potential for digital financial services and other digital applications to positively contribute to the SDGs and discussing the concerns about potential risks and negative outcomes linked to aspects of rapid digitalisation and development.

This initiative provides a platform for the development community, academics and regulators to exchange knowledge and share the approaches they are adopting or recommending around governance of DFS so that they can be leveraged to pursue the SDGs.

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The new nexus: digital governance, digital financial services and the SDGs
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

The new nexus: digital governance, digital financial services and the SDGs

What is the New Nexus Initiative?  Cenfri, with support from GIZ and in collaboration with On Think Tanks, is hosting a series of digital dialogues to explore issues at the intersection of digital governance, digital financial services (DFS) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across emerging economies.  The digital meetups connect development partners, industry experts, academics,

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Rethinking governance in a digital age
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

Rethinking governance in a digital age

WIRED: Social media CEOs hearing can’t defend their business model When Clive Humby (while advising UK retailer Tesco on the use of data in their loyalty programme), invented the now overused mantra that “data is the new oil” he most likely did not anticipate that the analogy would extend to the negative consequences of the oil economy

1 April, 2021
Platforms for employment
Digital Africa

Platforms for employment

Leveraging digital labour platforms to provide jobs for graduates in Nigeria Nigeria faces a huge challenge of unemployment, with 27% of the population out of work. Their graduates are one of the hardest-hit groups: In 2019, 36.3% of graduates lacked formal employment in Nigeria, which is higher than the overall

31 March, 2021
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

Transparent value chains for sustainability

Promoting sustainable supply chains and improving standards for dignified work  Supply chains are intrinsically complex flows of goods, money and services. Their traceability refers to the collection, documentation, and application of information related to all processes in the supply chain in a manner that provides guarantee to the end-user and

28 March, 2021
Regulating for innovation toolkit
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

Regulating for innovation: A supervisory toolkit

A supervisory toolkit to help regulators navigate their role and guide decisions in regulating for innovation.   The need to create an environment that enables innovation is an increasingly important priority for financial regulators across the developing world. Regulatory mandates have expanded and financial regulators are increasingly legally responsible for the conduct of business, consumer outcomes and proactive market

26 March, 2021
Data in Real Time: How Digitalisation is Transforming Financial Policies in Africa
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

Data in real time: How digitalisation is transforming financial policies in Africa

For the past year, Cenfri and Finmark Trust have been partnering with NextBillion to share insights from their Insight2Impact (i2i) initiative, a five-year program that has sought to improve financial inclusion and related public policies through the smarter use of data. Their Openi2i Series has explored key learning areas from the program, ranging from program design and stakeholder engagement to digital skills development and innovation

25 November, 2020
Are labour regimes keeping up with the gig economy?
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

Policy options for regulating platforms work

Cenfri, in partnership with the JustJobs Network, and with support from the German Development Corporation under its Emerging Markets Sustainability Dialogues (EMSD) programme, conducted an initial scoping study to understand how current labour regimes apply to platform workers and how policymakers should respond to changing labour markets. As the nature

19 November, 2020
From Financial Inclusion To Inclusive Finance
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

From financial inclusion to inclusive finance

The power of frameworks to catalyse change In this age of information, we increasingly rely on data to inform our decisions. But it is not just the data itself which is important for decision making. The utility of data for policy and investment very much depends on the paradigms and

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Identity proofing for COVID-19 recovery

Guidance for regulators, financial service providers and market facilitators Globally, millions of people are excluded from accessing the formal financial services that meet their needs. This is at least partly due to the way the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations are implemented by countries, and customers needing to provide

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De-risking in Africa
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

De-risking in Africa: Illicit financial flows and regional economic hubs

Recent years have seen large scale de-risking and financial exclusion happening in developing countries, particularly those countries that most need capital flows to finance social services, aid and development. Where regional economic hubs are de-risked, it has a profound effect on the developmental outcomes for the hub itself as well

31 August, 2020
The new nexus: digital governance, digital financial services and the SDGs
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

The new nexus: digital governance, digital financial services and the SDGs

What is the New Nexus Initiative?  Cenfri, with support from GIZ and in collaboration with On Think Tanks, is hosting a series of digital dialogues to explore issues at the intersection of digital governance, digital financial services (DFS) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across emerging economies.  The digital meetups connect development partners, industry experts, academics,

9 June, 2021
Rethinking governance in a digital age
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

Rethinking governance in a digital age

WIRED: Social media CEOs hearing can’t defend their business model When Clive Humby (while advising UK retailer Tesco on the use of data in their loyalty programme), invented the now overused mantra that “data is the new oil” he most likely did not anticipate that the analogy would extend to the negative consequences of the oil economy

1 April, 2021
Platforms for employment
Digital Africa

Platforms for employment

Leveraging digital labour platforms to provide jobs for graduates in Nigeria Nigeria faces a huge challenge of unemployment, with 27% of the population out of work. Their graduates are one of the hardest-hit groups: In 2019, 36.3% of graduates lacked formal employment in Nigeria, which is higher than the overall

31 March, 2021
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

Transparent value chains for sustainability

Promoting sustainable supply chains and improving standards for dignified work  Supply chains are intrinsically complex flows of goods, money and services. Their traceability refers to the collection, documentation, and application of information related to all processes in the supply chain in a manner that provides guarantee to the end-user and

28 March, 2021
Regulating for innovation toolkit
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

Regulating for innovation: A supervisory toolkit

A supervisory toolkit to help regulators navigate their role and guide decisions in regulating for innovation.   The need to create an environment that enables innovation is an increasingly important priority for financial regulators across the developing world. Regulatory mandates have expanded and financial regulators are increasingly legally responsible for the conduct of business, consumer outcomes and proactive market

26 March, 2021
Data in Real Time: How Digitalisation is Transforming Financial Policies in Africa
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

Data in real time: How digitalisation is transforming financial policies in Africa

For the past year, Cenfri and Finmark Trust have been partnering with NextBillion to share insights from their Insight2Impact (i2i) initiative, a five-year program that has sought to improve financial inclusion and related public policies through the smarter use of data. Their Openi2i Series has explored key learning areas from the program, ranging from program design and stakeholder engagement to digital skills development and innovation

25 November, 2020
Are labour regimes keeping up with the gig economy?
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

Policy options for regulating platforms work

Cenfri, in partnership with the JustJobs Network, and with support from the German Development Corporation under its Emerging Markets Sustainability Dialogues (EMSD) programme, conducted an initial scoping study to understand how current labour regimes apply to platform workers and how policymakers should respond to changing labour markets. As the nature

19 November, 2020
From Financial Inclusion To Inclusive Finance
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

From financial inclusion to inclusive finance

The power of frameworks to catalyse change In this age of information, we increasingly rely on data to inform our decisions. But it is not just the data itself which is important for decision making. The utility of data for policy and investment very much depends on the paradigms and

19 October, 2020
Identity proofing for COVID-19 recovery
COVID-19 impact and recovery

Identity proofing for COVID-19 recovery

Guidance for regulators, financial service providers and market facilitators Globally, millions of people are excluded from accessing the formal financial services that meet their needs. This is at least partly due to the way the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations are implemented by countries, and customers needing to provide

3 September, 2020
De-risking in Africa
Digital Governance, Digital Financial Services and the SDGs

De-risking in Africa: Illicit financial flows and regional economic hubs

Recent years have seen large scale de-risking and financial exclusion happening in developing countries, particularly those countries that most need capital flows to finance social services, aid and development. Where regional economic hubs are de-risked, it has a profound effect on the developmental outcomes for the hub itself as well

31 August, 2020
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