Jun 4, 2015 | Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Human Rights, Operational and Delivery Networks
Verité, an operational and delivery network, has studied the issues of human trafficking and labor exploitation in order to combat abuses across sectors and industries. A company that prides itself on its social awareness and concern for both its employees and the...
May 26, 2015 | Blog, Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Knowledge Networks
As world leaders prepare for a development finance summit in Addis Ababa in July, and anticipate new development goals for later this year, a new report has been released by One.org calling for increased commitment to aid from the richest nations, and spending by the...
Apr 22, 2015 | Economic Stability & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
The wars of the Middle East have created a wave of refugees and migrants in numbers that have not been seen since the end of WWII. The mass migration has created a tightrope for European leaders. Cutbacks in Italian rescue operations were made as a deterrent to the...
Apr 8, 2015 | Blog, Economic Stability & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
Financial services providers serving the bottom-of-the-pyramid are using data analytics to pioneer new products. Traditional people- and paper-based paradigms are awkward and expensive. New data from social networks and mobile use promise better results at lower...
Mar 6, 2015 | Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Operational and Delivery Networks
“If we were building a financial system from scratch today, we’d do it on a digital platform,” Bill Gates once said in an address on behalf of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion. A new report sponsored by the GSMA, or Groupe Speciale Mobile Association,...
Feb 19, 2015 | Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Knowledge Networks, Poverty Alleviation
According to the recently released FinScope Consumer Survey conducted in Zimbabwe in 2014, financial participation has risen nearly 20% over three years, apparently driven by increasing use of mobile money platforms. The research will allow policy makers to develop...