In this edition of the faiVLive, with a group of expert panelists from around the world, we delve into the possibilities for FinTech to serve the poor and reduce inequality. Six years after McKinsey heralded “a new era of digital globalization,” what have we learned about when, and where, FinTech meaningfully advances inclusion, and when it creates a new (digital) divide? When does FinTech (in the words of Greg Chen of CGAP, during this edition of the faiVLive) build a bridge and when does it dig a moat?
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Week of May 11th, 2020
Editor's Note: I recently learned that my paper with Michael Clemens (that one I referred to last week that took 5 years from submission to publication) on rethinking migration from the perspective of household finance is among the top 10% of downloads at Development Policy Review so if you're eager to read something non-pandemic check it out. Apparently at least a few other people have done so. And the paper on what is happening with microcredit in Pakistan is now officially published.
–Tim Ogden
Read MoreWeek of April 27, 2020
Editor's Note: In the last faiV I noted that the question "How are you?" didn't seem like it could survive the pandemic. Here's an article from The Atlantic on some alternatives. But my favorite alternative so far is a different answer rather than question. Hans Dieter Seibel passed on that his colleague Marion Levy Jr. has a standard response to "How are you?" that seems especially apposite now: "Terrible. But I'm glad you asked."
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