The challenges of challenger banks – Monzo takes a hit
https://thefinanser.com/2021/05/monzos-growing-pains-are-becoming-major.html/
UK aid cuts: ‘tragic blow’ as opaque numbers signal big reductions
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/apr/22/uk-aid-cuts-tragic-blow-as-opaque-numbers-signal-big-reductions?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
The Case Against Cash – Cash Essentials
Cautionary tale on use if humanitarian digital cash transfers https://cashessentials.org/the-case-against-cash/
The Push to Require Financial Literacy
https://www.investopedia.com/the-push-to-make-financial-literacy-into-law-4628372?utm_source=personalized&utm_campaign=bouncex&utm_term=22693148&utm_medium=email
UK to become global leader in tackling famine?
This is an impossible dream when aid becomes a tool of foreign policy and a post-Brexit UK will be desperate to cozy up to all manner of suspect foreign leaders. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/sep/02/uk-will-lead-world-on-tackling-famine-and-covid-with-new-department-says-raab?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Pandemic threatens African economic success
Clear need for a pooled risk approach to African debt management Pandemic threatens African economic success – https://on.ft.com/2F3Sy57 via @FT
Modi stumbles: India’s deepening coronavirus crisis
Article illustrates the dammed if you, do, damned if you don’t aspect of lockdowns as well as the politics of pandemics. Modi stumbles: India’s deepening coronavirus crisis – https://on.ft.com/3g3Xc0G via @FT
‘Profoundly disappointing’: KitKat cuts ties with Fairtrade
‘Profoundly disappointing’: KitKat cuts ties with Fairtrade https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/23/profoundly-disappointing-kitkat-cuts-ties-with-fairtrade?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
NYTimes: Slowing the Coronavirus Is Speeding the Spread of Other Diseases
The side effects of Covid response are severe worldwide. Where was the WHO? https://nyti.ms/3fnJwN9
New issuance of SDRs is vital to help poorer countries
Desperate need for a collective solution to Emerging Market credit crisis. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/59dc3251-8e44-42ee-85b1-93d34fb8c8c6 via @FT