Articles, blogs and commentary that we’ve been reading or listening to in the past week:
- Draft microfinance bill gives RBI total control and puts sector under strict watch
- Global Poverty Rate Falling according to the UN
- Esther Duflo on the power of data in decision making and, interestingly, aid as venture capitalism
- Interview with Susan Davis at BRAC on her history with microfinance, standing up to dictatorship in Bangladesh, and more
- An "MBA" for the Bottom of the Pyramid
- Owven Barder on what the "dollar a day" poverty line really means
- The Talk of Groningen: Milford Bateman and David Roodman go head-to-head
Editors’ Note: Hi, Laura and Jonathan here. A few of the pieces this week come from people who spent years up close with how poor households actually handle money, and keep coming back with something more tangled than the story usually told, and more persistent. Tim will be back for the next edition. - Laura Freschi and Jonathan Morduch