Only then will Myanmar be able to regain access to the world financial system.

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As global chief economist of giant Zurich Financial Services, Hale has access to the world's movers and shakers, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, which kept U.S. interest rates unchanged on Aug. 22.

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There are about 5 billion mobile phone users in the world, and MasterCard is providing them access to traditional financial services like the ability to transfer funds, pay bills and purchase goods and services at brick-and-mortar stores or through e-commerce websites through a device they already own.

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The latest effort began after city workers were given access to a previously unavailable portion of the site, near the World Financial Center.

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Examples include moving capital among sub-units around the world, or the ability to gain financial benefits derived from broad international scope, via access to low cost sources of capital.

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Bear Stearns is not technically a bank, but the Fed's move to allow it access to the discount window shows just how complex and intertwined the financial world has become.

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The World Development Report discusses the problems of child labour and poor families' limited access to financial markets on the same page, yet it fails to make a connection between the two.

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