Financial Inclusion

Providing bank accounts, credit, and other financial products to disadvantaged populations can help reduce poverty – but it’s expensive. Can we design affordable and sustainable ways to expand financial access to all?

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Providing bank accounts, credit, and other financial products to disadvantaged populations can help reduce poverty – but it’s expensive. Can we design affordable and sustainable ways to expand financial access to all?

Highlights

News, events, and insights from from our policy-research engagements on financial inclusion.

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Raising India's stubbornly low rate of female labour force participation will require behavioral interventions that address social norms.

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The MGNREGS program can be a model to improve government fund flow in other sectors.

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A study by EPoD and IFMR shows just 33% of Indian women use mobile phones.