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This week’s highlights of the blogosphere include a look at the Arab Spring through the lens of Tunisia, a discussion of where mobile phones can take Big Data (and us), and reflections on what we need to know in order to improve financial access.

  • Jonathan Morduch poses “Ten Research Questions on Improving Financial Access,” and argues on the Financial Access Initiative blog that these queries need to be answered “if we are to make informed decisions on how to improve financial access.”
  • Grant Tudor,  writing about “The Age of Big Data” on NextBillion, maps out the thinking that’s been done on a new era where mobile phones may help resolve our data dilemmas.
  • How is the industry responding to the new challenges and opportunities created by the Arab Spring? In “From Microcredit to Microfinance: New ambitions for Tunisia” on CGAP’s Microfinance Blog, Emna Kallel and Alice Negre examine some answers.

Have you read?

Mexico, Mobile Banking & Shodh Yatra – Top Picks of the Microfinance Blogosphere – September 30, 2011

Energy Drinks, Lebanon, & Impact Investing – Top Picks of the Microfinance Blogosphere – September 14, 2011

Andhra Pradesh, Haiti & Corporate Capital – Top Picks of the Microfinance Blogosphere – August 22, 2011

Financial Ed, Mobile Money, & Savings – Top Picks of the Microfinance Blogosphere – August 3, 2011

Women, India, & Tourism – Top Picks of the Microfinance Blogosphere – July 19, 2011

Armenia, Andhra Pradesh & Pakistan – Top Picks of the Microfinance Blogosphere – June 13, 201