Can Digital Savings, Credit, and Insurance Reshape Rural Microfinance?
Share Article MILWAUKEE (PRWEB) March 09, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore a number of ways that society can use digital technologies to go about day-to-day life, including to use banking services without entering physical banks. While the pandemic has accelerated interest in using contactless technologies, even before the pandemic, the last two decades have seen dramatic increases in the use of mobile phones as well as satellite remote sensing, with wide-ranging implications for small scale financial services across the globe. For example, cell phone subscriptions have more than doubled and the number of and satellite launches have expanded over 20 times. What opportunities and dangers have such digital data unlocked?
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Computational sustainability trailblazer honored
Carla P. Gomes, the Ronald and Antonia Nielsen Professor of Computing and Information Science, is the recipient of the 2021 Feigenbaum Prize, given by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).
The prize is awarded biennially to recognize and encourage outstanding AI research advances made by using experimental methods of computer science. The “laboratories” for the experimental work are real-world domains, where the power of the research results are demonstrated.
“I was thrilled when I learned that I was the recipient of this prize,” said Gomes, who has a joint appointment with the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science and the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. “This award directly captures my research philosophy: advancing foundational AI and computer science through experimental work and meaningful and impactful applications.”
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School Vouchers: Myth vs. Fact
Debates around school funding and the best use of public dollars are rife with confusion. Discussion around school vouchers, which provide public funding for private education, seem to be a particular magnet for half-truths or previously disproven claims. The following table gives a few of the most popular myths, and the reality that runs counter.
Myth: When students take a voucher, public school funding is unaffected.
Fact: First, if enough students leave it means teachers will have to be fired. Any talk of the school being “better off” must grapple with that fact.
Second, schools have two types of costs: fixed and variable. Variable costs can be changed quickly, such as the firing of a teacher. Fixed costs remain regardless of whether a student leaves.
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