Dorothe Singer
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Economist @WorldBank. Part of @GlobalFindex team.
Joined April 2018
#GlobalFindex 2021 finds 76% of adults globally, and 71% in developing countries, have an account at a bank or #mobilemoney provider—the highest ever recorded. Find out more: https://t.co/djJ07NHDN9
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⏳Happening Today: Join this high-level discussion with policymakers on how #FinancialInclusion can help foster a resilient and inclusive development paradigm. June 29, 9:00 AM ET @WorldBankLive #Financialnclusion #GlobalFindex
https://t.co/bRBuntotSf
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Out now: what we know about competition and firm recovery post-COVID-19 in Europe and Central Asia (so far)
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Why do digital wage payments matter? Here's an example: "In Liberia, teachers travel up to 10 hours each way to collect their earnings in cash—a trip that often requires missing work and spending as much as 15 percent of their wage along the way." https://t.co/7VMX9oIUn8
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Our full paper on agricultural risk management is available here:
The 2017 Global Findex has a brand new module on agricultural risk management. The bottom line is that most farmers face significant losses--and they bear the entire financial burden on their own. Read our new working paper: https://t.co/SWhqsNXqU2
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In 2017, we added a new module on agricultural risk management to the Global Findex questionnaire in select economies. Read about our three key findings here:
blogs.worldbank.org
Agricultural households in SSA do not have enough financial tools to weather income shocks. Increasing the use of digital payments in agricultural supply chains may facilitate access to financial...
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A lot of people are specifically interested in our data on mobile money and digital financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa. So we did a bunch of policy notes along those lines:
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See how the @gatesfoundation visualizes @GlobalFindex data to spotlight the gender gap in digital and finanical inclusion and how cultural and market barriers lead to women being excluded from mobile banking, e-commerce and smartphone technology. @guardian
https://t.co/81BTcnMgpM
theguardian.com
World leaders to back call to help rural poor and women access mobile banking
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#GenderEquality is smart economics. See the latest report by @gatesfoundation on Women’s Digital #FinancialInclusion in Africa https://t.co/wYcL5iCIL4
#G7Finance
More than 400M African adults don’t have access to basic financial services. 60% of them are women. We MUST close the gender gap by ensuring access to mobile money and other digital tools. https://t.co/eSxXl760IX
#G7
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Happy Friday to everyone and especially the Financial Times, which put our data on the front page this week. https://t.co/v0YNOKxtyX
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Are digital payments finally catching on in India? In 2017, only 1/3 of account owners in India reported making a digital payment in the past year -- compared to more than 2/3 of account owners in developing economies overall https://t.co/5EcMAHbJqB
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Thank you @ademirguckunt for your years of service to the Global Findex, and congratulations on your new job! We'll miss you.
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What are you doing Wednesday morning at 9:45 New York Time? You should watch @KGeorgieva talk to @susanchira about women's financial inclusion at @CFR_org. The livestream will be available here: https://t.co/KdO0gbec8E
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Congratulations, @LeoraKlapper!
Here's why we're presenting the Claugus Award — an annual honor recognizing someone who embodies exceptional leadership in inclusive finance — to the brilliant @LeoraKlapper. Read more: https://t.co/tTvK35yedF
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The 2017 Global Findex microdata is now available. Download it here: https://t.co/I29JfPlrVF See our announcement for more information: https://t.co/drbrjCDOre Thank you for your patience, and happy researching!
blogs.worldbank.org
It’s financial inclusion week—a series of events exploring "the most pressing actions needed to advance financial inclusion globally"—making this a perfect time to launch the 2017 Global Findex...
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Save the date for our Policy Research Talk by Martin Kanz on Household Debt Relief, this coming Monday
worldbank.org
High levels of household debt are a common problem, and evidence from the global financial crisis suggests that high household debt-to-GDP ratios can be an important source of financial instability,...
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Global Findex microdata coming out soon. Stay tuned! @GlobalFindex #FinancialInclusion
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Kicking off #FinclusionWeek tonight with an event jointly organised with @BNPParibas 'The State of #FinancialInclusion: The Global Findex Nine Years on' - looking forward to deliving into key Findex figures https://t.co/nQBCOJsBPm
@CGAP @GlobalFindex @UNIGEnews @claudiaberry1
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