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The posts in this edition of Top Picks cover a variety of topics including a quote by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the distribution of internet users in the world, and the difference in financial inclusion initiatives between the global North and South.

  • In a very inspiring post, “Quotes that Inspire Acumen Fund: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”, Acumen Fund presents a short excerpt from Where do we go from here? by King.

  • The World Bank’s blog, People, Spaces, and Deliberation, recently released a short post that shows how the world has changed in the last 5 years in regard to internet use. The post, “Media (R)evolution: Global Internet Use” is very succinct and it offers data that is very important and relevant for financial inclusion.
  • CGAP’s Microfinance Blog recently featured a post, “Financial Inclusion: Southern Development Agendas versus Northern Angst,” that details some of India’s very interesting initiatives in financial inclusion and discusses some of the differences between the global North and South, when it comes to financial inclusion and microfinance.

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