Mostly blogs and articles we've been perusing over the past few weeks.
- This clip has great graphics to show the world's unequal wealth distribution via @owenbarder
- FAI Archive: Research by Jonathan Morduch and Barabara Kiviat re: state of U.S. financial literacy (April is financial literacty month)
- Health Insurance reduces borrowing and increases consumption
- New DFID report synthesizing info on microcredit and ultrapoor
- U.S. Taxcode isn't as progressive as you think
- Anyone interested in randomized trials in development should read this. "Scaling up" not a footnote to "what works?"
- Economist Sendhil Mullainathan asks leading thinkers what's the question in your field you most dread being asked
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