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The Risks to Financial Inclusion
James Yagley Founder and CEO, Fafnir Lab February 16, 2022 I’d like to begin by thanking Garrett Menning for the invitation to contribute this guest blog on Black Pearl’s site. Garrett asked me to discuss my company, Fafnir Lab, a fintech company based in Detroit, and share our perspectives on financial inclusion. Financial inclusion is...
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Entrepreneurship, Inequality, and the Informal Sector
Those in the field of international economic development often take the benefits of boosting entrepreneurship for granted. Helping people to grow their own businesses and find their own path to economic empowerment must be good, right? Not necessarily, according to some new research. Two recent articles published in Economic Research and the Journal of Business...
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COVID-19 and Smallholders Farmers: Technology Can Come to the Rescue
The news of 2020 undoubtedly had one major theme: COVID-19. Personal stories of grief and loss, speculations about the post-COVID economy, and studies of long-term health impacts. These were some of the major motifs covered by popular news outlets. These reports provided information and eased fear and uncertainty in the developed world, where COVID-19 appeared...
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Black Pearl’s Way: COVID-19 and Sustainable Development Goals
When Black Pearl Consulting and Research began operating in 2019, the world looked much different than it does today. For one, the United Nations had just launched the “Decade of Action” to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These included eliminating poverty and hunger, achieving gender equality, and limiting global warming. These goals were extremely...
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