Inequality and technology

Inequality and technology

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The impact of technological change on employment and distribution of earnings is a balance between opening up new opportunities and making skills obsolete more quickly, said Omar Arias, manager of Global Engagement and Knowledge for Education at the World Bank at a...
Inequality and well-being

Inequality and well-being

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Economic indicators do not capture the entire picture of inequality, said Martine Durand, Chief Statistician and Director, OECD, at a seminar organised jointly by the EIB Institute, the University of Luxembourg and other partners as part of the “Inequality and…”...
How technology is transforming microfinance

How technology is transforming microfinance

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Fintech (e.g. mobile phone banking, blockchain, peer-to-peer, machine learning) is triggering an existential crisis for microfinance, said Prof. Karl Dayson, University of Salford, Manchester, at an EIB Institute seminar. “At a time when microfinance providers...
Inequality and economic history

Inequality and economic history

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“Europe is no less unequal today than in the Middle Ages although with different standards of living” said Guido Alfani, Associate Professor of Economic History, Bocconi University, at a seminar organised jointly by the EIB Institute, the University of...