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Opinion : Women and the poor are invisible in the Crisil index of financial inclusion in India
Indices such as these are designed to help policymakers and service providers improve financial inclusion, which is often defined as reaching the "unreached". But if the aim is to reach the poor and to reach women, then the figures should give us a break-up by gender
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Opinion : ‘FDI in micro finance will help Muslims’ in India
Studies show that hundreds of Women Self Help Groups and co-operative societies created at Muslim-populated areas were denied recognition as the members were only Muslims.
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Opinion : The economics of microcredit
The problem of adverse selection in a credit market is used to describe a situation where the lender involved in a transaction cannot observe the type or quality of goods or the production of the borrower.
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Small loans a big help for typhoon survivors in the Philippines
The typhoon affected more than 13 million people, including 5 million children, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Even before the storm, nearly 44% of Filipinos lived on less than $2 day and there are now fewer resources than ever to help those in need.
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Politicians target the middle class
The middle class, though very audible in urban areas, has rarely appealed as a collective to the political class.
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The Dark Side of Financial Inclusion: Financial services companies in South Africa are monetizing financial illiteracy
The recently released findings of the 2013 FinScope survey highlight a significant increase in adoption of formal financial products in South Africa. On the face of it, this is good news - access to these products can help people live more financially secure and sustainable lives. But a closer look at the data reveals a more disturbing picture.
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Tweeting to Better Financial Products : What USAID learned in its pilot project to harness real-time data to improve entrepreneur loans.
To gain a better understanding of the digital footprint of loan beneficiaries, USAID interviewed a small sample group about their usage of various digital tools, and asked them about the terms they use when talking about accessing loans.
he agency then used those terms and keywords to build filters to monitor social media chatter about financial inclusion, and deployed monitors through Twitter and Google search trends.- Categories
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Rwanda targeting 80% financial inclusion by 2017
In order to achieve the country’s economic transformation and poverty reduction, Rwanda has set its goal on increasing financial inclusion to 80 percent by 2017, through deepening and broadening the financial literacy of Rwandans.
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