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The Sentinel Project: Keeping watch on the future of microfinance, through an investigation into how leading MFIs weigh their choices and make decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Stay tuned for early project findings.
Small Firm Diaries: A global financial diaries project to shed light into the hidden lives of small firms, through interviews with more than 1000 firms in 7 countries. Learn more.
US Financial Diaries: We tracked 235 low- and moderate-income households over the course of a year to collect highly detailed data on how families manage their finances on a day-to-day basis. Explore our findings.
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If you were hoping that the faiV would be a pleasant distraction from the overwhelming flow of AI-related content, sorry. For the record, the faiV had “ai” built in before Anthropic existed. And a housekeeping note: we’ve finally jumped ship from Mailchimp to NYU’s mailing platform—I guess if you’re reading this it’s been a seamless transition and if you’re not, well, you’re not. Feedback on the faiV’s content and format and delivery methods is always welcome, just drop me an email.
- Tim Ogden