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Financial Health | October 21, 2020
Post-COVID prognosis for gig workers in China: slow and steady improvement
While most economies in the world are still stumbling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is reported...
By Coco Dong
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Livelihoods and Microenterprise | May 13, 2020
Short-term fixes are not enough if SMEs are to survive COVID-19
As the economic effects of the lockdowns worldwide begin to solidify, businesses large and small are collapsing. While large...
By Coco Dong
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Livelihoods and Microenterprise | April 3, 2020
Chinese giants rose to the COVID-19 challenge. Will their global peers?
Today, as China looks toward recovering from the pandemic, it is gratifying to note that many restaurants survived the...
By Coco Dong
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Financial Health | March 25, 2020
First insights from China: The effects of COVID-19 on financial health of MSEs
Webinar: First insights from China: The effects of COVID-19 on financial health of MSEs When: Tuesday, March 31st at...
By Carmen Merab
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Livelihoods and Microenterprise | March 19, 2020
Gig workers have powered Wuhan’s response to COVID-19
Looking down at Wuhan from the sky, you might think the city was empty. Instead of a bustling city...
By Coco Dong
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Livelihoods and Microenterprise | August 1, 2016
Is it China’s Golden Age in Digital Financial Inclusion?
Last week, I had the chance to attend a workshop of the Global Partnership on Financial Inclusion, a G20...
By David Porteous PhD