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Indonesia tightens screws on peer-to-peer lenders
Registered P2P companies are blaming the problem on illegal players, which OJK officials said are hard to control and often come from abroad, including China, Thailand and Malaysia.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- fintech, mobile finance
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Indian government starts process for financial inclusion of sex workers
A high-level task force among other things will now study how banking facilities can reach this section of society and linkages forged to connect them to advantages of financial inclusion.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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Jim Yong Kim resigns as World Bank president
Jim Yong Kim has announced he is stepping down as the head of the World Bank, in a move that sent shockwaves through the international aid community.
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- Finance
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Viewpoint: Ethiopia’s wheat yields are among the worst in Africa, this is what it is doing to change this
Many farmers fail to adopt modern inputs or farming techniques that would increase productivity due to several constraints, such as lack of available technology, limited liquidity, high perceived risk, constrained access to information, and poorly functioning output markets.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Here’s how skilling can raise the bar of human capital
Although India’s educational attainment rate has grown, the country is way behind other leading emerging markets.
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- South Asia
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Perspective: Big Business Has a New Scam – The ‘Purpose Paradigm’
As a self-serving corporate fantasy, the purpose paradigm is designed to win trust that isn’t earned, perpetuate power that is not legitimate, and preserve a lack of governmental oversight under which corporations compete with each other for profits.
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- Agriculture, Education, Environment, Impact Assessment
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The big tech and innovation trends in Africa for 2018
Fintech companies across the continent providing key services in loans, savings and payment, have been increasingly rewarded with investment and significant nods.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-commerce, fintech, startups
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Why The Future of Fintech Looks Bright in the ASEAN Region
A recent report by global accounting firm Deloitte, in partnership with Robocash Group, states that ASEAN countries have the highest potential in the fintech market up to 2020. The advanced landscape facilitates both the development of financial technologies and the inflow of investments is expected to increase by over 20-30 per cent compared to the previous year.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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