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10 Questions: Can Phones Fight Poverty?

March 10, 2016 IBGC 0 Comment 10 Questions, Contextual Intelligence, EMPEA, Financial Inclusion, Indonesia, Jenny Aker, Jim Stavridis, Kenya, Master of International Business, MIB, mobile banking, mobile phones, student research, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, unbanked

There are twice as many mobile phone subscribers as bank accounts in Indonesia. Last year, smartphone audience growth in India

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17 Jan

#India had the maximum number of #InternetShutdowns in 2019 — a fact the government should not be proud of. The human and economic costs of digital darkness far outweigh the benefits, so what other options does the government have? https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/citizenship-amendment-act-caa-protests-internet-shutdown-digital-india-6210492/

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17 Jan

#TBT to last week's #NYC #career trip, where students visited the NYC Office of the Mayor, where #FletcherAlum @choigrr (F12) is the Director of #Policy.

Learn more about our Office of Career Services & how Fletcher can help you land your #dreamjob: http://ow.ly/W7Pe50xWwUn

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16 Jan

Curbing emissions does not have to come at the cost of #economicgrowth, especially since developing countries don't have to burn fossil fuels & follow the same path to prosperity that countries have in the past.

Professor Klein expands on the issue:
https://econofact.org/development-and-climate-change-international-dimensions-of-a-global-problem-video

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The Institute for Business in the Global Context @IBGC_Fletcher·

15 Jan

#Unilateral action violating @wto rules risks destroying a system that the US has led for decades & that benefits it. If US's goal is to change Chinese policies, it should consider applying more pressure to China.

Prof Joel Trachtman expands on the issue:
https://econofact.org/u-s-trade-policy-going-it-alone-vs-abiding-by-the-world-trade-organization

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