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Weekly Roundup – 11/27/14: Giving thanks, near and far
We’re wrapping up the week a bit early due to the Thanksgiving holiday week. NextBillion will resume its normal publishing schedule on Monday. For U.S. readers, on behalf of the NB team, we hope you had/have a happy Thanksgiving. For our non-American audience, which comprises the vast majority of our readers, we wish you the same holiday sentiments; those being abundance and health, and the blessings that come with each.
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It’s About Launching Ecosystems, Not Just Products: Insights on the next generation of mobile financial services from the Mondato Summit Asia
As the explosive growth of mobile financial services (MFS) reshapes economies around the world, the Mondato Summit Asia brought an impressive line-up of speakers and panelists from all parts of the ecosystem to explore the next generation of MFS in Southeast Asia. Chris Connolly delivers some highlights - and tweets - from the recent conference.
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Teach a (Wo)Man to Fish … But What if it’s Against the Law?: The Women Thrive Conference explores how training women and improving their livelihoods can address gender inequality
When we pull women out of poverty, many positive things tend to happen. So why isn’t more being done to bring about economic empowerment for women, who represent six of every 10 people living in extreme poverty? What needs to change to make more happen? These were among the questions raised at the summit, which was held by Women Thrive earlier this month.
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NexThought Monday – Unlocking Mobile Data: Regulatory and privacy issues prevent metadata use from realizing its full potential
African countries are not data-rich environments but, because of high mobile phone use, they could be. And that data could be used to track, among other things, importation routes for infectious disease, patterns of migration or economic transactions.
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Twitter Top Ten – 11/23/14: Our favorite tweets of the week
Here are our favorite Tweets of the week.
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Weekly Roundup, 11/22/14 – Going Postal: Is postal banking a key to financial inclusion?
The U.S. Postal Service is losing some $5 billion a year. Bank branches are closing throughout low-income and rural areas. Could both problems be solved by converting the Post Office into a bank? Many countries in the developed and developing world have already done it. We highlight two opinions on whether the U.S. should follow suit in this Roundup.
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At Echoing Green’s Inaugural Global Conference in Mumbai: With 400 million without electricity, you can’t talk in small numbers here
For the first time ever, Echoing Green’s annual Fellows conference – five days that bring together fellows from all over the world to collaborate and learn from each other – was not held in the U.S. Instead, it took place, in the words Cheryl Dorsey, president of the social finance and support organization, in Mumbai, India - the “exciting global center for social enterprise.”
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Learning from What Works: IFC’s new report on inclusive business includes lessons for each phase of the value chain
In its latest report, Shared Prosperity through Inclusive Business: How Successful Companies Reach the Base of the Pyramid, the IFC summarizes practical lessons from clients that successfully reach low-income people as suppliers or customers. There are lessons for each phase of the value chain that can be adapted to the context of a particular sector or region.
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