A guide to articles, papers and blogs we've been reading (and a few we've been writing) over the past few weeks. Let us know if we've missed anything important via the comments section.
- The rich got richer. Everyone else...didn't. New report on 2009-2011 wealth this week from Pew Research
- Do schooling effects of cash transfer programs vary by poverty levels? It depends via @WorldBank
- Learning from cross-disciplinary impact evaluation: the Family Rewards CCT program in New York City via @WorldBank
- Open Letter from mobilemoney expert to conference organisers telling them to end obsession with MPesa
- Geek Heretic explains why technology can't solve the poverty problem via @TheHumanosphere HT@aidwatch
- "Financial literacy is a bunch of hooey" in the Guardian's Money Blog
- Flaws Are Cited in a Landmark Study on Debt and Growth via @nytimes
- Can a little sugar turn people into better financial decision-makers? working paper from Kuhn, Kuhn &Villeval
- Why don't people buy microinsurance? Trust and liquidity constraints are 2 reasons among many.
- Event: Microfinance's lessons for impact investing panel at Microlumbia's conference May 3 featuring FAI's Timothy Ogden
Editor's Note:
If you were hoping that the faiV would be a pleasant distraction from the overwhelming flow of AI-related content, sorry. For the record, the faiV had “ai” built in before Anthropic existed. And a housekeeping note: we’ve finally jumped ship from Mailchimp to NYU’s mailing platform—I guess if you’re reading this it’s been a seamless transition and if you’re not, well, you’re not. Feedback on the faiV’s content and format and delivery methods is always welcome, just drop me an email.
- Tim Ogden