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My Oral Village Publishes Oral Financial Numeracy

Feb 13, 2017

Building on research in Oral information management tools (2014), My Oral Village announces the publication of new research into oral cognitive capabilities and practices as they affect financial inclusion. The paper, entitled Oral financial numeracy: a hypothesis and...

Oral Financial Numeracy in Tanzania: An Exploratory Study

Dec 15, 2016

Oral Financial Numeracy in Tanzania: An Exploratory Study is a vital milestone for My Oral Village in our fight for global financial inclusion. Financial practitioners have long assumed that even illiterate people can read and use numeric information....

Briefing Note: Oral Financial Numeracy

Mar 24, 2016

As part of a larger study of oral financial numeracy, My Oral Village conducted a study of numeracy among 80 illiterate adults, mostly female users of financial services, in Cambodia and Tanzania in 2015. This 5-page Briefing Note summarizes the results of the study,...

Financial Numeracy App for Savings Groups

Mar 24, 2016

In collaboration with a management engineering team from the University of Waterloo, My Oral Village has completed a financial numeracy app designed for use by savings groups. The first version, based on field research in Tanzania, is ideally adapted for use in East...

OTC Payments: ‘Legacy’ Issues in Information Management

Dec 24, 2015

The mobile payment movement has made it easier for millions of people to send money to their family, friends and business partners world-wide. It has the potential to revolutionize the way we transfer funds, whether we migrate from there to cryptocurrencies and the...

Why Won’t He Use a Map? The Enigma of Oral Culture

Nov 27, 2015

Take a taxi in almost any city in the developing world, and you will encounter oral culture. If the driver can’t find your aunt’s house, he will ask along the way. He’ll stop to talk to street-side vendors, rickshaw or motorbike drivers waiting for fares, and...