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Blog / May 23, 2013
Links We Like
This is the early edition of Links We LIke for those traveling for the long weekend! Please feel free to add your suggestions via comments to expand our weekend reading list.
Blog / May 21, 2013
Savings Crisis in West Bengal
In the past few weeks, the local government of West Bengal has been embroiled in a financial and political crisis that has potentially large impacts on the state’s poor and its MFIs. After...
Blog / May 17, 2013
Impact Evaluation of Compartamos Released
The long-awaited impact study of Compartamos, led by Manuela Angelucci of the University of Michigan and Dean Karlan and Johnathan Zinman of IPA, has finally been published. The research team used a...
Blog / May 14, 2013
Reliability of Self-Reported Data - Diaries and Alternative Methodologies
In last week’s blog post, I suggested that self-reported data should be supplemented with objective sources of information from independent third-party entities. Sometimes, however, independent data...
Blog / May 10, 2013
Links We Like
Stories from around the web that we've been reading here at FAI. Tell us if we've been missing any must-reads via comments.
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Big Questions
Big Questions is a resource for the latest thinking and analysis on the opportunities and challenges of expanding financial access. Stay tuned: Insurance and Payments coming soon.
Portfolios of the Poor
Jonathan Morduch, co-author of Portfolios of the Poor, discusses insights gleaned from the financial diaries of poor households.