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Strategies for Coping with the COVID-19 Crisis 05 2020

Created Jul 30 2020, 5:48 PM by Baloko Makala
  • Cooperative-financial-institutions
  • Institutional Strengthening

On May 5, Développement international Desjardins (DID) held its first international webinar on strategies to better cope with the COVID-19 crisis. During the event, representatives of Desjardins Group's senior management gave an overview of the organization's response to the crisis. Experts from DID also presented lessons learned and areas for reflection based on their experience in the field. Webinar participants, hailing from 27 countries, were asked to complete a survey on measures implemented by their organization during the crisis. An analysis of the various scenarios adopted around the world was also conducted by DID to get a more complete picture. In this document, the best practices and essential tools to adopt in the face of the current crisis and provided an overview of the inclusive finance sector and the measures in place across the globe have been sumarized