2021's most overrated and underrated globaldev technologies

While contact tracing apps for COVID-19 have not had the kind of global impact that most had hoped for, some of the same unique identification technology has been a game changer for digital financial services, said Anit Mukherjee, a policy fellow at the Center for Global Development.

“Overhyped: COVID contact tracing apps,” he tweeted when asked about the most overrated and underrated global development technologies, adding, “star performer: mobile wallets/money.”