Stuff we've been reading over the past few weeks of August:
- Can aid become more effective and have greater impact if we engage private sector?
- NYT: Scanning 2.4 billion eyes, India tries to connect poor to growth
- Geo-enabling Aid Data: What is, and what’s next
- Achieving Max Long Run Growth (and the Poor) discussed by leading economists
- Ed Glaeser on the future of economics: "Sciences Still Young" in Harvard Magazine
- From the Development Research Institute: Gates and Benevolent Autocrats of the Republic of Public Health, by Alanna Shaikh & Laura Freschi
- NYU's Jonathan Morduch and Jonathan Bauchet wonder if selective knowledge is hampering microfinance research?
- CGAP asks: Why do the poor not use savings accounts? Can qualitative research help answer the question?
- Solving the Debate on Absolute vs. Relative Poverty
- Lies, Damn Lies and Surveys About Foreign Aid by Charles Kenny for CGDev
- CGAP's CEO speaks about how full financial inclusion is possible in our lifetime, the role of profits and M-PESA, and more
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