Published in The Guardian on July 11, 2011. In 2003, the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID) awarded Nick Hughes of Vodafone nearly £1m to develop an innovative mobile banking solution for Kenya’s “unbanked” population. Within four years, Vodafone and Safaricom, the country’s largest mobile operator, jointly launched a programme called M-PESA. The concept was simple: instead [...]
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Private sector has potential to aid development, but beware the pitfalls
Posted in Published articles, tagged International development, The Guardian on July 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
India’s sexpert no substitute for education
Posted in Published articles, tagged India, Sex, Sex Education, The Guardian, Watsa on June 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Published in The Guardian on June 6, 2010. Read the article here or below The rejection of sex education by parliament has left Indians relying on a newspaper column for advice on basic biology Can oral sex lead to pregnancy? Will daily masturbation make me go bald? If my elbow brushes against a woman’s breasts [...]
Drawing the line at poverty
Posted in Published articles, tagged International development, Poverty, Poverty line, The Guardian on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Published in The Guardian on May 19, 2010. Click here or read below: There are many ways to define poverty, but we shouldn’t allow the debate to distract us from helping the poor I recently had the pleasure of meeting a construction worker named Lakshmi while taking a walk in Mumbai. She was on a [...]
India’s pirates of microfinance
Posted in Microfinance, Published articles, tagged Microfinance, The Guardian on March 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
India’s pirates of microfinance Micro-moneylenders who profit from borrowers in southern India are undermining the principles of microfinance The Guardian, Comment is Free. Published 24 March 2010. India is a land of entrepreneurs. From tech-savvy businessmen to street barbers, the country is full of people who can identify opportunities and use them to their advantage. [...]
