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Forging the link between inclusion and integrity in Ethiopia
June 14, 2015 Editor 0
How can financial inclusion and financial integrity policies complement each other? That question was addressed in a report recently released looking at the state of Ethiopia’s anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) framework. The assessment was conducted by a World Bank Group team of experts and published by the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money […]
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Financial Inclusion Targets and Transformational Change
October 15, 2013 Editor 0
Financial Inclusion Commitments through the Maya Declaration, the G20 Peer Learning Program, and the Better Than Cash Alliance. Today at 2 o’clock in the Preston Auditorium, Jim Kim, the President of the World Bank Group – along with Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, the U.N. Secretary General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development – […]
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Turning the post office into a force for financial inclusion
February 27, 2013 Editor 0
In the old times, the post office was the main connector between cities and villages, moving letters and money to every corner of the country, and contributing towards the territorial consolidation of states under construction.
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The Informationalization of Poverty in Africa? Mobile Phones and Economic Structure
September 13, 2012 Editor 0
Many claims are made about the transformational developmental impacts of new ICTs, particularly mobile phones, on Africa. However, such claims neglect other structural dynamics and the contradictory impacts of mobile phones, which can reduce, but also sometimes increase, poverty.
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