Here are the articles and blogs we've been perusing over the past few weeks. Let us know if we have missed any essential must-reads in that time via comments.
- Cash transfers vs. microloans on the GiveWell blog
- Mexico's Housing Development --where poor people won't live (video)
- IFC reports huge unmet demand for microfinance
- The state of microcredit by David Roodman
- The end of absolute poverty is closer than you think by Charles Kenny (in the Globe and Mail)
- How the internet reinforces inequality
- Inequality, not poor schools, explains low U.S. test scores
- Income inequality in the US-- check your block with this interactive map
- Life at the margins of America's financial mainstream
- Can the Payday Loan be Reinvented?
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