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Events

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

By frog - February 28, 2013

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.

frog

frog works with the world's leading companies, helping them to design, engineer, and bring to market meaningful products and services. With an interdisciplinary team of more than 1,100 designers, strategists, and technologists, frog delivers connected experiences that span multiple technologies, platforms, and media. frog works across a broad spectrum of industries, including consumer electronics, telecommunications, healthcare, energy, automotive, media, entertainment, education, finance, retail, and fashion. Clients include Disney, GE, HP, Microsoft, MTV, Qualcomm, and many other Fortune 500 brands. Founded in 1969, frog is headquartered in San Francisco, with locations in Amsterdam, Austin, Boston, Bangalore, Johannesburg, Kiev, Milan, Munich, New York, Seattle, Shanghai and Vinnitsya.