Thursday, May 31, 2012

Banking in the developing world: the poor are different

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with the World Bank just published the Global Findex dataset. It fills a huge gap in the understanding of why the poor save and how they save. Read the Economist article. (Thanks, Sarah!)

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .