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POLICY PAPERS
Blockchain and Economic Development: Hype vs. Reality
Michael Pisa
and
Matt Juden
July 14, 2017
Increasing attention is being paid to the potential of blockchain technology to address long-standing challenges related to economic development. This paper provides a clear-eyed view of the technology’s potential in the context of development. It focuses on identifying the questions that deve...
Blog Post
Blockchain Tech Adoption Makes Progress, But Is Still No Magic Bullet for Global Financial Inclusion
Matt Juden
and
Michael Pisa
November 03, 2016
Distributed ledger technology, like Bitcoin’s blockchain, has the potential to transform cross-border payments, boost financial inclusion, and lessen the unintended consequences of anti-money laundering enforcement. Ripple, a fintech company using distributed ledger technology, made headl...
Blog Post
Bitcoins for Everyone? Cryptocurrencies Are Not a Magic Bullet for the Unintended Consequences of Anti-Money Laundering Policies.
Matt Juden
March 20, 2015
Blog Post
Heads and Tails: How Can Cryptocurrencies Enable Legal Cross-Border Money Transfers?
Matt Juden
and
Vijaya Ramachandran
February 25, 2015
It’s a worry for many people that legitimate cross-border transactions - including vital remittances sent home by migrant workers - are becoming prohibitively expensive and burdensome because of over-zealous enforcement of anti-money laundering rules.  Would cryptocurrencies such as bitco...