Articles and blogs that we found interesting this week include:
- Interesting piece of behavioral psychology re: The Emotions of Aid [and our choice to ignore massive suffering].
- Ignacio Mas and Promoting Formal Financial Savings –another cautionary note on savings and an interesting companion Tim Ogden’s “Is Savings Over-hyped” recent post on FAI.
- Unhappy news about one of India's great microfinance innovators, which is on the verge of closure.
- The Poverty Matters Blog on linguistic shifts from the use of “aid” to “development co-operation” –and what it means.
- Four obvious but wrong assumptions about technology use in the developing world.
- McKinsey Quarterly new report: Mobile India could lead the world.
- CGAP presents a roadmap to India's microfinance bill.
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