Abstract A Rotating Savings and Credit Association (ROSCA) is an informal cooperation strategy that has emerged in several parts of the world as a tool to increase the resilience …
Research involving at-risk users--that is, users who are more likely to experience a digital attack or to be disproportionately affected when harm from such an attack occurs--can pose …
Purpose This study aims to investigate the evolvement of the concept and practice of the Rotating Savings and Credit Association (ROSCA) from informal fund collection for …
It is well documented that people living with mental health conditions are more likely to experience financial difficulties. When explaining this association, emphasis has often been …
A Raghunath, L Krovetz, H Mpogole, H Mulisa… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The evolving socio-technical landscape in peri-urban Tanzania has paved the way for a dramatic increase in smartphone-supported micro and small enterprises. We conduct …
There is a wealth of contemporary scholarship pointing to ways in which money and payment media are being rapidly reconfigured through data and technology platforms …
Low-income merchants in India, who conduct business via makeshift shops and handcarts, are increasingly using digital payment systems for business operations. Although these …
Content creators are exposed to elevated risks compared to the general Internet user. This study explores the threat landscape that creators in Pakistan are exposed to, how they …
S Tan, MM Savani - The International Journal of Community …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
A majority of people in developing countries lack access to formal finance and rely on community-organised groups. These savings and credit associations (SCAs) face …