Kate McKee

activist and international development professional committed to economic justice everywhere

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Democrats are not powerless here. Abolish the filibuster and codify Roe v. Wade as the law of the land. Inaction is absolutely unacceptable.

[IZA Event @iza_event]

🗣️ @Josh_Merfeld & @JMorduch propose a simple way to incorporate temporary poverty into annual poverty measures, including distributionally sensitive measures. Policies meant to help households redistribute consumption can decrease poverty
👉https://t.co/GKPq0ljQIE #IZAstatistics

[CGAP @CGAP]

[WEBINAR RECORDING⏭] #ICYMI ➔The second #webinar in our series on the digital evolution of financial services featuring panelists from @tymebankza , @kaleidofin @CGAP & @60_decibels
View the recording here>> https://t.co/XV8pc9CMqY

[Melinda French Gates @melindagates]

How can more countries help women thrive? 1) Gather data to better understand the challenges that women face; 2) tackle poverty with cash transfer programs; and 3) build strong care economies. @LinaT and I discussed in @voguescandi.
https://t.co/tiiH7xOkS6

[Melinda French Gates @melindagates]

Today, a government in which women have never had an equal voice reached deep into the most private corners of a woman’s life to tell her the choice over what she does with her body is no longer her own. This is America taking a big step backward.

[Leora Klapper @LeoraKlapper]

Curious how many people have an account? Make a digital payment? We asked over 128,000 adults around the world about their financial lives. Find out what they had to say next Wednesday, June 29, @ 9 AM ET @GlobalFindex

[Anita Zaidi @AnitaZaidi]

Digitized wages ➡️ Closing the financial gender gap

The #GlobalFindex report found that paying workers digitally helped to uplift and include women, like in the instance of Bangladesh. Take a look: https://t.co/Gsnt1NkkO9

[Forbes Middle East @Forbes_MENA_]

The World Bank shares the results of its Global Findex database, which shows a rise in the number of people using financial services and fintech @LeoraKlapper @WorldBank @RamiaFarrage #ExpertsVoice #Forbes

[CGAP @CGAP]

CGAP has a focus on how #financialservices can help women generate income, access essential services, & protect basic standards of living. It's great news that #GlobalFindex shows the gender gap has narrowed but there is still a lot of work to do.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun control, universal child care, a living wage, and an end to the death penalty.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

[World Bank Finance, Trade, and Competitiveness @WBG_Finance]

We just published a new edition of the @GlobalFindex
– the pre-eminent worldwide measurement of #FinancialInclusion — documenting a decade of progress. A lot's changed since the last indicators were collected in 2017. Read the blog and find out what! https://t.co/yxQta94HFr

[Leora Klapper @LeoraKlapper]

Five Fun Findex Facts by the Fantastic Findex team!!
https://t.co/DnON3rq9zW

[Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI) @CFI_Accion]

When #fintechs and more agile providers do things more convenient for customers, incumbents respond.

- @IvoJenik of @CGAP #globalRFF

[Jayshree Venkatesan @jayshvenk]

Data from Kenya shows that financial health has been falling- important need to explore what growth means for poor consumers #globalrff @FSDKe @CFI_Accion

[UNSGSA Queen Máxima @UNSGSA]

"Most people who can easily open a bank account have already done so. The next step is to ensure that they can access other products & services, like savings, credit & insurance, that ... improve their #financialhealth." #UNSGSA at #GlobalFindex Launch https://t.co/sAHk5ZFEFK

[Kate McKee @McKee_Kate]

#GlobalFindex launch. Great new #financialinclusion data + insights on gains+challenges in Colombia, India, Africa. New findings on financial health, stress, resilience

[FinEquity @FinEquityGlobal]

Check out the latest CFI blog exploring the effects of the pandemic on women-owned MSMEs. They identify three trends for women-owned MSMEs in emerging markets and how we can rebuild to support a more gender-inclusive recovery.

[Tanvi Jaluka @tjaluka]

🚀Launching in TWO weeks: @poverty_action's new toolkit on using administrative data to monitor consumer protection risks in #digitalfinance. Register for our launch event!➡️ https://t.co/uKr2fwC33z

[𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 @m_sendhil]

Must read for all economists, not just those who study race.

Great to economic thinking being updated to recognize the social construction of racial categories.