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129 lines
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HTML
{% extends "base.html" %}
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{% block head %}
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{{ super() }}
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{SITEURL}}/theme/css/research.css">
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{% endblock %}
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{% block content %}
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<div class="container-fluid">
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<div class="re-img-container">
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<img class="img-fluid re-img" src="{{SITEURL}}/theme/images/research-imgs/research-img1.webp">
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<h1 class="research-heading">Research</h1>
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</div>
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<div class="container research-container pt-5">
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<div class="re-center-this">
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<p>We do regular monitoring and evaluation on the impact of our programs and collaborate with researchers
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from around the world. Data is collected through digital (blockchain-based) transaction data, journals
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and surveys of people using and not using Community Currencies.</p>
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<p>Data definitions can be found <a class="re-link"
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href="https://gitlab.com/grassrootseconomics/cic-docs/-/blob/master/TransactionDatasets.md">here</a>
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and datasets can be downloaded below.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="d-flex justify-content-center re-dataset-buttons">
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<a class="dataset-download" href="{{SITEURL}}/theme/datasets/POA_sarafu_tx_and_users_all_pub_2018-201.zip"
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download="POA_sarafu_tx_and_users-2018">2018-2019 POA Blockchain Data</a>
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<a class="dataset-download" href="{{SITEURL}}/theme/datasets/Sarafu_xdai_data_July_13_2021.zip"
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download="POA_sarafu_tx_and_users-2018">2020-July 13 2021 DAI Blockchain Data</a>
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</div>
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<div class="d-flex justify-content-center pb-5 re-inline-buttons">
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<a class="re-buttons" href="#">Published Research Papers</a>
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<a class="re-buttons" href="https://play.grassecon.org/">Demo CIC Creation</a>
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<a class="re-buttons" href="https://dashboard.sarafu.network/">CIC Data Dashboard</a>
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<a class="re-buttons" href="https://gitlab.com/grassrootseconomics/cic-docs">White paper&docs&code</a>
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</div>
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<div class="blue-section pt-5 pb-5">
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<div class="list-section">
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<ul>
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<li>Design</li>
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<ul>
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<li>What do communities need to unlock and direct their collective capacity?</li>
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<ul>
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<li>What does a post scarcity society look like?</li>
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<li>How can variations on currency design support community abundance and harmony with their
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environment and other communities?
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</li>
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<li>Ideology and ethics - Why develop a community currency? (For each part of the
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infrastructure and various implementers.)
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</li>
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</ul>
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</ul>
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<li>Development</li>
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<ul>
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<li>How can community currencies and their infrastructure be developed and managed?</li>
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<li>How are communities fully empowered and sovereign in their choices?</li>
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<li>What regulatory frameworks can be used?</li>
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<li>How to achieve institutional integration - Humanitarian orgs, chamas (community groups),
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schools, shops, govt. Financial Institution, Faith based organizations, etc
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</li>
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<li>Network visualization and analytics that help understand, react to and manage CIC systems
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</li>
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<ul>
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<li>Predictive and Agent based modelling</li>
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</ul>
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<li>How can people and institutions outside of a community interact with the local community?
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Aid distribution - redistribute taxes? (voting, algo, etc) ... Also in what medium: Capacity
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building, in-kind, cash, stable tokens, etc
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</li>
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</ul>
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<li>Understanding:</li>
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<ul>
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<li>What are the impacts from pilots and trials? - short and long term effects of such programs
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like <a class="re-link" href="{{SITEURL}}/pages/sarafu-network.html">Sarafu Network.</a>
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</li>
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<li>What characteristics cause community currencies of different designs and communities to have
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different impacts?
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</li>
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</ul>
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</ul>
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<div class="re-center-this">
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<p><a class="re-link" href="{{SITEURL}}/pages/contact-us.html">We love to get feedback and link to
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studies!</a></p>
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</div>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="crisis-response">
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<div class="d-flex">
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<div class="me-auto">
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<p class="re-small-font bold-font">Community Currencies as Crisis Response</p>
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<p class="re-small-font">Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Kenya</p>
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<p class="re-small-font">2021 Rebecca Mqamelo</p>
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<a class="re-link"
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href="https://1fce7114-8e4a-43c5-bcbd-d2b877364fde.filesusr.com/ugd/2fc0ed_224126ea289648fba1d0c1e0ca8b406d.pdf">(download
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pdf)</a>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="abstract pt-5">
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<p class="re-small-font">Abstract:</p>
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<p class="re-small-font">In 2020, Grassroots Economics’ Community Inclusion Currency (CIC) model was adopted by the Kenya Red
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Cross as a humanitarian response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This paper presents the results of what
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may be the world’s first randomized control trial in this area. Unlike most cash transfer programs,
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recipients are sent cryptocurrencies rather than cash or mobile money, enabling an unprecedented
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level of impact evaluation. Results show that CIC transfers of $30 are associated with $93.51
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increase in beneficiaries’ wallet balance, a $23.17 increase in monthly income, a $16.30 increase in
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monthly spending, a $6.31 increase in average trade size and a $28.43 increase in expenditure on
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food and water. However, the difference in treatment effects for males versus females suggests
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gender imbalances persist. This study serves as an important prototype for cash transfer models that
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keep money flowing locally and support bottom-up economic resilience.</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="re-articles">
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<div class="article">
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<p class="re-small-font bold-font">Red Cross Mukuru Kayaba Rapid Survey Analysis May 2020</p>
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<p class="bold-font">CIC: Mukuru Kayaba Rapid Survey Analysis - brief.</p>
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<p>Date of analysis:25th to 30th May 2020<br>
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Area of survey: Mukuru Kayaba (Pop. 83,000) (Pop of Sarafu users 4000)<br>
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Number of respondent: Female 391, Male 228 Total: 619<br>
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Goal: To understand the impact of Sarafu and give qualitative understanding of the statistics for users.</p>
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<div class="d-flex justify-content-start pt-3 pb-5">
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<a class="click-here">Click here</a>
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</div>
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<div class="bottom-line"></div>
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</div>
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</div>
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</div>
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</div>
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{% endblock %} |