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Gt; TECHNOLOGY. Over the past few years, industry and governments have begun to embrace branchless banking as an opportunity to reach people who do not have access to formal financial services. In response, the global environment for technology-enabled business models has quickly evolved into a fertile incubator for innovation.

A recent global survey found that at the end of 2011 there were 148 active branchless banking businesses worldwide and 26 of these businesses had more than 1 million customers. In this rapidly evolving context, the Technology and Business Model Innovation Program at CGAP works with banks, microfinance institutions, mobile network operators, retail stores, and regulators to deliver financial services through new technologies, such as mobile phones, magnetic stripe or chip cards, and biometric applications. The Technology Program pursues three complementary activities to encourage robust markets for branchless banking: Program Contact: Steve Rasmussen.

MoMB | The Museum of Modern Betas. Library Technology Guides: Key Resources in Library Automation. Practical Action - technology challenging poverty. Latin America In Peru and Bolivia, we help communities set up small-scale technological solutions in remote areas where there is no access to basic services, including electricity, heating, clean water and sanitation.

Western Africa Building on our recent extension of consultancy work into west Africa, Practical Action has recently set up an office to deliver impact at scale in Francophone west Africa. Eastern Africa Our offices in Kenya and Sudan work with communities to develop practical solutions in energy, agriculture and urban water and waste, reducing the impact of conflict and disasters. A new office in Rwanda will extend our consultancy and technical information services in the region. Southern Africa South Asia From offices in Nepal, Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, Practical Action addresses the diverse problems facing poor communities in South Asia, in particular concentrating on agriculture, disaster risk reduction and urban waste and sanitation. UK office. Nature. Raphael Lis, Charles C. Karrasch, Michael G. Poulos, Balvir Kunar, David Redmond, Jose G.

Barcia Duran, Chaitanya R. Badwe, William Schachterle, Michael Ginsberg, Jenny Xiang, Arash Rafii Tabrizi, Koji Shido, Zev Rosenwaks, Olivier Elemento, Nancy A. Speck, Jason M. Energies - MDPI. The New Scientist.