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How Artificial Intelligence Can Simplify International Development Research: An Intriguing Experiment (Involving NextBillion)
International development professionals must often spend a great deal of time trying to keep up with news, trends and research about their area of activity – and this requires a lot of manual labor. But much of this can now be automated and aided by artificial intelligence (AI). Jacob Rosen and Ashirul Amin at BFA explore how they used AI to sort and categorize a vast amount of development-focused content online, using NextBillion's 5,000+ article library as a test case. The results of their experiment show how AI can help people reduce time and labor and learn more efficiently.
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- Finance, Technology
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Mastercard Debuts Card to Act as ID, Payment for Underserved
Members of underserved populations don’t always have credit cards. City Key is Mastercard’s effort to help cities distribute services and benefits by creating a tool that can act as an ID, payment card or access pass.
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- Finance
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- North America
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India’s NiYO ‘Neo-Bank’ Raises $35m to Help Blue-Collar Workers Access Financial Services
NiYO Solutions serves as a “neo-bank” that relies on traditional financial institutions (Yes Bank and DCB banks, in its case) and offers to customers additional features such as lending and insurance. Blue-collared employees in India (and many other markets) continue to struggle in availing crucial financial services from banks that typically reserve them for the privileged segment.
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- Finance
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- South Asia
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The “Financial Inclusion Compass 2019”: e-MFP to Launch 2nd Annual Survey of Financial Inclusion Trends
A positive reception to the survey and the Compass has meant that, one year on, e-MFP is ready to launch the second annual survey.
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- Finance
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Ghana Is Now the Fastest-Growing Mobile Money Market in Africa
Ghana provides a unique case of governmental commitment to create a suitable working environment for innovation.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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What Facebucks Can Do for the Global Poor
Global, open, instant, and low cost: It sounds undeniably great. The status quo, while global, is hardly open, instant, or low cost. Still, Libra faces major challenges in becoming a preeminent financial tool of the global poor.
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Viewpoint: No, Facebook’s Libra Will Not Really Help The Unbanked
Ultimately, the aim of Libra is to be a truly mainstream cryptocurrency: a decentralized global form of payment that is as stable as the dollar, can be used to buy almost anything, and can support an entire range of financial products—from banking to loans to credit.
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Can Blockchain Tech Revolutionize The Global Aid Industry?
Powered by the ethereum blockchain, Disberse is building a distributed financial network that helps to improve transparency and efficiency in the aid sector
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- Finance, Technology
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