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More evidence that giving poor people money is a great cure for poverty
As solutions to global poverty go, "just give poor people money" is pretty rock solid.
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Women and Money: Bridging the Financial Inclusion Gender Gap in the Global South
The urban poor in the Global South lack access to banking and financial services, and women are disproportionately affected. They are less likely than men to hold a bank account, to take out a loan, or to borrow money. This is a detriment to development since women are more likely to spend extra funds on their family, thereby improving food, education, and health. São Paulo, Mexico City, Nairobi, Bangalore, and Dhaka have taken various approaches to bridging the financial inclusion gender gap.
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Fighting Financial Exclusion: How To Serve 88 Million Americans Who Have No Bank
“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor,” the great American author James Baldwin wrote in 1960.More than half a century later, his words ring true to the 46 million Americans who live below the poverty line and to the millions more who are struggling to stay above it.
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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: 4 Ways to Invest With a Conscience
For many people, investing has become more than just a way to make money or plan for long-term financial security.
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Safaricom softens stance on opening up M-Pesa
Kenya’s largest mobile phone company Safaricom has softened its position on opening up its mobile money system M-Pesa to rivals.
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Changing the world, one social venture at a time
Winners of the inaugural DBS-NUS Social Venture Challenge Asia take home prizes, trophies and 8 months’ worth of business experience
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Ten Days in Kenya With No Cash, Only a Phone
Even farther into the country, a few miles from the Ugandan border in a town called Bungoma, I find Gertrude Wamalwa working her farm plot, a rust-colored scarf tied across her forehead and a machete in her leathered hands. Wamalwa and her Bungoma neighbors don’t appear to have any connection to mobile money.
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In global health, is ‘disruption’ a good thing?
What makes for a sound investment in global health? The answer is more complicated than you might think.
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