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Women’s Agent Network—the Missing Link in India’s Financial Inclusion Story: A Supply-Side Perspective

The business correspondent model in India enables the banking system to expand its outreach at a low cost and offer essential financial services in remote and underserved areas. This paper share a supply-side perspective on challenges and opportunities for expanding women agent network in India.

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Towards Responsible Digitization of Merchants in Rural India for COVID-19 Recovery

These 10 recommendations aim to unlock the impact of fintech in merchant digitization, particular for women, and  to further India’s progress on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Women’s Financial Inclusion Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to aid the design and implementation of women's financial inclusion and empowerment programs.

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Bridging the Gender Gap: Mobile Access and Usage in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Why is it important for women to be connected?
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Capital, Skills and the Economic Lives of the Poor: Recent Evidence From Field Experiments

Can relaxing capital and skills constraints transform the economic lives of poor women?
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Are Women Self Help Group Members Economically More Empowered in Left-Run Municipalities?

Measuring economic empowerment attained by SHG members
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The Vulnerability of 'Self-Help': Women and Microfinance in South India

Examining the role of state institutions in the microfinance sector
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Microfinance and Innovative Financing for Gender Equality: Approaches, Challenges, and Strategies

Paper presented at Eighth Commonwealth Women's Affairs Ministers Meeting