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David Taylor
David Taylor is the Director of UsableData a consulting firm providing advisory services to public and private institutions with a focus on Financial Regulators, Central Banks, and Financial Service Providers on the use of data to improve policy and investment decisions. He has a long-held passion for all things data and has focused on issues surrounding financial inclusion since 2012. David has a strong background in analysis and combines this with an understanding of financial inclusion in order to help institutions make more informed data-driven decisions. David splits his time between bespoke in-depth analysis, capacity building, data strategy work, and supporting the design and implementation of data-driven systems. Recently, David has led the development of the Covid-19 EconData Kenya platform with FSD Kenya.
Articles by David Taylor:
December 19th, 2022
State of the Economy: Inclusive finance for economic transformation
Anzetse Were
The performance of the global economy continues to be defined by the COVID-19 pandemic with the war in Ukraine worsening the outlook for the world economy and Africa. For Africa ,the war in Ukraine will exacerbate food insecurity, increase fuel and food production costs, and push up the cost of living. Key global risks include the emergence of new COVID-19 variants which could prolong the pandemic and induce renewed economic and supply chain disruptions, energy price volatility, and high uncertainty around inflation and policy paths.
This state of the economy report is a data brief on the key macroeconomic and households developments in Q2 an Q3 of 2021 as follows
September 30th, 2021
Mobile Money 1 year into a pandemic – a shift away from cash towards a cash-lite economy
David Taylor
2020 was an epic year for mobile money. The Covid-19 pandemic, and the responses to it, precipitated an increase in mobile money usage by nearly every metric.
September 30th, 2021
Digitisation, business and payments in the time of COVID
David Taylor
June 29th, 2021
Report – State of the Kenyan economy: Focus on Digitisation and the impact of COVID-19 on MSEs
Anzetse Were
In Kenya, divergence trends continue with macroeconomic resilience masking sustained inequalities and divergence in recovery. On one hand, inflation remains reasonable; export performance has been relatively strong (especially relative to other African countries); diaspora remittances have been robust; and the mobile money sector has demonstrated sustained resilience and growth.
February 22nd, 2021
Report – State of the Kenyan economy: Focus on the impact of COVID on women and education
Anzetse Were
