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Analysis: COVID-19 and the Global Economy: Role of SDGs
The UN's Sustainable Development Goals will become even more significant in the post-pandemic economy.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- SDGs, social enterprise
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Viewpoint: How Mobile Wallets Fend Off Economic Shocks
Households as well as companies can mitigate economic risks better by adopting mobile-based transactions, a new study finds.
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- Finance, Technology
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- South Asia
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Avoiding Another Crash: How Global Standards Set after the 2008 Crisis Prepared the Financial System to Weather COVID-19
International standard-setting bodies have been working to strengthen global financial stability ever since the 2008 crisis. And according to Robin Newnham at the Alliance for Financial Inclusion, they are now playing vitally important roles in the global response to COVID-19. He explores how the global financial system is seeing the benefits of the reforms of the past decade – and how these efforts can expand in the future.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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Analysis: How Powerful Is Financial Inclusion?
The story of the Freedman’s Bank suggests that fighting for trustworthy bank access can improve outcomes but isn’t enough to close the racial wealth gap.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Impact Assessment
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- North America
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Analysis: COVID-19 Response in Emerging Market Economies: Conventional Policies and Beyond
The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emerging market economies far exceeded that of the global financial crisis. Unlike previous crises, the response has been decisive just like in advanced economies. Yet, conventional policies are reaching their limit and unorthodox policies are not without risks.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- tourism
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A Well-Timed Investment: How Investing in Tech-Driven Healthcare SMEs Is Boosting Africa’s COVID-19 Response
COVID-19 has highlighted the urgent need to strengthen healthcare systems in countries around the world. And according to Kristin Kelly Jangraw at USAID INVEST, funding promising healthcare technology companies is one way to do so. She explores how an investment in an innovative local enterprise is improving the pharmacy supply chain in Nigeria and Kenya.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Investing
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Press Release: Asian Fintech Firm TrueMoney Partners With Thunes, a Global Cross-Border Payment Network, to Expand Its Global Remittance Services
The partnership will transform the way people pay, send, and receive money in SEA, enabling TrueMoney's 58 million users to receive remittances across 100 countries.
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- Finance, Technology
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- South Asia
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Viewpoint: Fintech Innovators Can’t Let the Coronavirus Derail Financial Inclusion
Many of us take it for granted, but accessing basic financial services is fundamental to our economic and social development. It is hard to "get on" if you are forced to hide life savings under the mattress, or rely on predatory loan sharks for credit.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Technology