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In the Hands of God: A Study of Risk and Savings in Afghanistan

By frog - February 28, 2013

in Events | Strategy & Research

By Mark Rolston, Cara Silver, Joshua Blumenstock and Jan Chipchase

The study, In the Hands of God (1.4MB PDF), explored the strategies adopted by salaried Afghans for mitigating financial (or more accurately asset) risk, the role played by extended families in levelling out drops in income, and reflects upon what this means for more formal financial services and the future of Afghanistan.

We also wrote up some thoughts on running research in higher risk environments, strategies for mitigating risk, and coping with extreme gender dynamics.

Jan and Mark will be speaking to the research at the World Bank in Washington DC, at an event hosted by CGAP on the 28th February. To join RSVP here.

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frog presents In The Hands of God - Insights on ethnographic research in some of the less predictable places of the world:

» Do You Want to Live?

» Mitigating Risk

» Extreme Gender Dynamics

» In the Hands of God: A Study of Risk and Savings in Afghanistan

» The 10 Emotional Stages of Working in High Risk Evnironments

» Managing Expectations in the Organization

» Thoughts on Rural Research

» Research Dynamics in Agrarian Societies

» "Those" Projects

This project was co-funded by the IMTFI and frog.

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