Mobile money: A product of choice for women to send and receive remittances
https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/blog/asset/41410919
Mobile money is not helping Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation
Mobile money is not helping Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation – Dangers on a completely digital economy https://on.ft.com/2WluK18 via @FT
Utz finds alarming problems at four cocoa-certifying firms – The Washington Post
More evidence cocoa and coffee certification process is broken https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/23/chocolate-companies-say-their-cocoa-is-certified-some-farms-use-child-labor-thousands-are-protected-forests/
Financial Inclusion Has a Big Role to Play in Reaching the SDGs
The contribution of financial inclusion to SDGs can be powerful. https://www.cgap.org/blog/financial-inclusion-has-big-role-play-reaching-sdgs
Workers exploited at farms supplying UK supermarkets: report
Workers exploited at farms supplying UK supermarkets: report https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/oct/10/workers-exploited-at-farms-supplying-uk-supermarkets-report?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
NYTimes: India’s Terrifying Water Crisis
India’s Terrifying Water Crisis https://nyti.ms/32owwBf
GSMA Mobile money agent networks are evolving, but not as you might expect | Mobile for Development
https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/uncategorized/mobile-money-agent-networks-are-evolving-but-not-as-you-might-expect/
UK government among those exaggerating impact of aid – report
UK government among those exaggerating impact of aid – report I know first hand impact evaluation process is broken. Not just #globalhealth but across all sectors of aid. Rigorous assessments are rare, riddled with bias and poor implementation. @DFID_UK @USAID @3ieNews https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jul/03/uk-government-among-those-exaggerating-impact-of-aid-report?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
BBC News: Viewpoint: How the British reshaped India’s caste system
BBC News – Viewpoint: How the British reshaped India’s caste system Colonialism – the gift that keeps on giving. Article reveals how Colonial Britian institutionalised racist caste system. For Brexiteers – The Halcyon days. #India #colonialism https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-48619734
World’s Fastest-Growing Economy May Not Be So Fast After All
World’s Fastest-Growing Economy May Not Be So Fast After All Economic data should not be an instrument for political manipulation. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-11/world-s-fastest-growing-economy-may-not-be-so-fast-after-all