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Nine mobile money trends: Consumers embrace ecommerce and banking via mobile
A new report reveals nine significant mobile money trends and explores how they are stimulating growth across the expanded mobile ecosystem.
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- Education
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- mobile finance, research
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We Won’t Meet Health-Related SDGs If We Don’t Invest in Innovation
The sustainable development goals won’t be finalized until September, but people are already debating whether we can reach them. At least for the proposed health targets one thing is clear, they won’t be achieved without innovations that make better health care more affordable, accessible and effective. #GlobalGoalsWork, but only if we have the tools we need to reach them.
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- Education, Health Care
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PRESS RELEASE: FINCA Releases Case Study Outlining Ways to Drive Financial Inclusion Through Mobile Technology
FINCA’s experience in Tanzania offers lessons learned for development practitioners
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Moving from Access to Inclusion: New CFI report takes stock of progress – and pitfalls – on the road to full financial inclusion
Can we bring financial services to the world’s 2 billion unbanked individuals by 2020? Accion’s Center for Financial Inclusion tackles that question in "By the Numbers: Benchmarking Progress Toward Financial Inclusion." The report explores both progress and challenges as the emphasis shifts from providing access to enabling active usage of financial services.
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East Africa: Online Banking Still a Challenge to Many Kenyans – Study
Online banking remains a challenge to many people even as the smart phone penetration in Kenya experiences substantial growth, according to a new survey.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Weekly Roundup – Nothing Random About It: ‘Graduation’ programs for the ultra-poor get validation through randomized control trials
Little research has been done into the long-term effectiveness of "graduation" programs to eliminate extreme poverty. But a big three-year study of 21,000 ultra-poor people in six countries appears to validate not only the approach, but also the return on investment.
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PRESS RELEASE: Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion Releases Report on Progress toward Global Financial Inclusion
The Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI) at Accion – an action-oriented think tank working toward full global financial inclusion – released its 'By the Numbers' report today, which benchmarks progress toward global financial inclusion and makes projections about the movement's future.
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Report: U.S. cities are taking a stronger look at financial inclusion
Cities are taking a stronger look at financial inclusion, according to new research from the National League of Cities.
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- Education