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