Our weekly round-up of what we've been reading online:
- Savings and the poor: A better mattress from The Economist
- More on average effect of aid vs differential impacts of aid at AIDWATCH
- "Microfinance and Social Investment" a new paper from Jonathan Conning and Jonathan Morduch
- Washington Post article on the Indian microfinance crisis and its impact on women
- “More Than 1 Billion People Are Hungry in the World” by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo and in Foreign Policy
- Bdnews24 has the dirt on Grameen from new investigative report. 7 articles herecollected by David Roodman.
- New blog on village finance
- "Linking Health and Microfinance," the potential for microfinance to promote universal healthcare in India
- First details of Grameen probe: empire of related companies illegal
- The new fad of cash transfers: what they accomplish, and what they don't at AIDWATCH
- David Roodman blogs about the truth behind an IRIN news service headline misrepresenting BRAC: Not Exactly "Pushing"
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