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Weekly Roundup – 8/21/15 : Private Education, Brought to You By Social Entrepreneurs:
The Economist recently took a long look at the burgeoning private school education industry across emerging markets, and its relative benefits/weaknesses - as well as some government efforts to regulate it out of existence. Given the choice between under-resourced public schools and a generally more reliable and higher quality private education, more parents (even those with very low incomes) are opting for the market approach than ever before.
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Will West Africa be the New East Africa in Mobile Money?: Shifting regulations and a growing ecosystem make the region an area to watch
Though the member countries in the West African Economic and Monetary Union share one currency and one central bank, their mobile money ecosystems differ greatly. However, interoperability will likely be integrated across most of these countries in the not too distant future. Could its new regulatory regimes and developing ecosystems help the region take its place alongside the mobile money sprinters of East Africa?
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Indian government committed to reviving postal department through payments banking
Communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said the government will revive the postal department by using over 1.5 lakh post offices for furthering financial inclusion.
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OPINION: Payments Banks – A game-changing idea for financial inclusion in India
Over the next decade or so, payment banks' functioning has the potential to bring about another revolution in the banking sector.
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Three Pillars for Measuring Impact in Inclusive Financial Services: Apis Partners and Accion Frontier Investments Group publish a framework for impact investors
In seeking to ensure a social as well as financial return on their investments in inclusive financial services, Apis Partners and Accion Frontier Investments Group created a framework to capture these services' unique aspects of impact. This gave rise to three core categories which they believe any fund manager investing in inclusive financial services can use to measure impact.
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A smile boosts the chances of getting a microloan, say Stanford psychologists
Stanford psychologists found that applicants for microloans are more likely to win approval if the photograph they send along with the application evokes a positive emotional response.
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Indian mobile operators feature strongly among ‘payments bank’ license winners
Bidders linked to the country’s top three mobile operators – Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular – as well as newcomer Reliance Jio Infocomm and Telenor were among eleven winners of payments bank licenses in India.
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A Hundred Apps Bloom in China as Millions Bank on Their Phones
Consumers are skipping straight from cash to mobile finance.
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