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: I’m going to assume that you are seeing plenty of AI content (news and papers, not AI slop, though I’m sure you’re getting plenty of that too) from other sources, so I’m trying to think hard about the marginal value that the faiV can provide. As far as I’ve gotten so far: a) make sure that directly AI-related content does not take up more than 2 of the 5 items, and b) try to focus specifically on the cybersecurity issue for financial inclusion. Beyond that, I’m open to feedback on the value you get from the faiV in relation to AI to help guide us in the future. On a different note, I’ll be making a brief cameo appearance at the e-MFP Inclusive Finance Conference to moderate the opening plenary. If you haven’t registered, do so and I hope to see you there! - Tim Ogden