The Brief: Bottom-up reconstruction, Nigeria’s flutter wave, investments in Black women, the quilters of Gee’s Bend, good jobs fund

American Rescue Plan brings policy support – and $1.9 trillion – to the bottom-up reconstruction. The legislation’s narrative of bottom-up prosperity for the post-COVID recovery resonates with a core thesis of impact finance: Putting more wealth and income into the hands of lower-income people is good business. The $1.9 billion rescue...