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A Big Step Forward for Bolstering Financial Inclusion
Economists are paying increasing attention to the link between financial inclusion—greater availability of and access to financial services—and economic development. In anew paper, we take a closer look at exactly how financial inclusion impacts a country’s economy and what policies are most effective in promoting it.
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PRESS RELEASE: The Aspen Institute Appoints Ida Rademacher as New Executive Director of the Initiative on Financial Security
The Aspen Institute is pleased to announce today that Ida Rademacher has joined the Institute as the new Executive Director of the Initiative on Financial Security, effective immediately. In this role, Rademacher will lead the Initiative into a new phase of engagement with leaders from the financial services, government, and independent sectors to explore how the rapidly evolving financial system and public policies can work together to improve the financial security and financial well-being of all Americans. Rademacher's work will expand the Initiative on Financial Security's efforts to bring to the national forefront a solutions-focused discussion of how America can address growing wealth inequality and household financial insecurity.
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‘We Don’t Think Charity Is the Way to Resolve Global Inequality’ Says Oxfam International Boss
The James Ashton Interview: The executive director of Oxfam International, was in Davos last week campaigning to close the huge gap between the world’s haves and have-nots.
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Promises to Revive the Country’s Microcredit Sector If He wins Re-Election
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday promised to revive the micro-credit sector of the economy if he wins the February 14, 2015 election.
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Eight Tech and Policy Trends That Will Impact Financial Inclusion This Year
The use of digital financial services will continue to be one of the main drivers for financial inclusion in 2015, says John Owens of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI). He discusses eight interesting trends AFI has noted - both on the technology and policy sides - that should have a direct impact on advancing financial inclusion through digital means this year.
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Roundup 1/17/15 – Superman, Robin Hood and Stock Trading: Should the U.S. impose a financial transaction tax?
In the film Superman III, a computer programmer embezzles huge sums from his employer’s payroll by diverting small amounts from each check into his account. Unbeknownst to many, high frequency stock traders in the U.S. and other countries use a similar technique - legally. But if Congress passes a recent proposal for a financial transaction tax, the practice would end. We discuss the implications in this Roundup.
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OPINION: Let India Make Cheap Medicines
Last November, the United States and India announced an important breakthrough concerning India’s “right-to-food” programme.
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Zimbabwe Government Moves to Lower Money Transfer Charges and Broadband Prices
It looks like we are headed towards cheaper mobile money services and lower broadband prices if the State’s word is anything to go by.
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