Emma Macfarlane

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Central Bank of the Future project concludes with insights on technology, calls for further research

Jul 21, 2021

“The role of the central bank is undoubtedly evolving….The time is ripe for innovations that will advance financial inclusion” So concludes the final research paper of the two-year Central Bank of the Future research project, conducted by the Ford...

Central Bank of the Future

Working paper #8: Central Bank of the Future Summary and Recommendations for Further Inquiry

July 19, 2021

Michael S. Barr, Adrienne A. Harris, Megan Kelly, Bryan Ricketts, Emma Macfarlane

Over the past two years, the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and its Center on Finance, Law & Policy, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has embarked on an exploration of the Central Bank of the...

Central Bank of the Future

Redefining Financial Inclusion

May 15, 2021

Adrienne A. Harris, Emma Macfarlane

“Financial inclusion in India is soaring,” reads a 2019 headline from the World Economic Forum. The article is rife with promising statistics. In just seven years, the number of Indian citizens holding a bank account increased from forty to eighty...