In 2018, an MIT study found that three commercial facial analysis programmes had a margin of error between 20% and 34% when identifying dark skinned women, compared to 0.8% or lower for light-skinned men October 16, 2023/iiDENTIFii As digital identity verification (IDV) platforms are increasingly adopted across the African continent, […]
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‘Thrilla in Manila’: Women’s financial inclusion is our fight of the decade if we are to meet the SDGs, our own High 5s by 2030
Unlocking women’s economic power and closing the gender gap will not only help us achieve Sustainable Development Goal 5—which is focused on gender equality—it will also help accelerate progress towards many of the 16 other goals October 16, 2023/AfDB By Malado Kaba, Director of the Gender, Women and Civil Society […]
New Look at Global Banks Highlights Risks From Higher-for-Longer Interest Rates
(Credit: AerialPerspective Works/Getty Images) October 16, 2023/IMFBlog By Charles Cohen, Srobona Mitra, and Fabio Natalucci Central banks could keep interest rates higher for longer as they fight to curb inflation that remains stubbornly high in many countries—and slow their economies by doing so. Such an environment hasn’t confronted the world’s financial markets […]
