The places that finance forgot

IMF SPECIAL: THE PLACES THAT FINANCE FORGOT

Kurdistan readies for post-ISIS future Laos’s past is its present Clothes don’t cover Haiti’s problems Liberia sees a second chance The curse of Ebola Liberia’s missing millions Non-recognition gives Kosovo a headache Algeria’s battle for modern banking

Why should you care about the places that finance forgot? There are more reasons than you might think.

As a general rule, nothing good comes from a place falling off the financial map. Most obviously it’s bad for the people who live in that place, who lose access to everything from credit to cash to essential imports.