Demonetisation, Social Networks and Social Protection: Insights from Rural Tamil Nadu
Guillaume Lepecq
January 22, 2018
Demonetisation has not fought, but has largely strengthened the informal economy. It has also probably further marginalised those without supportive networks. With cashless policies flourishing in various parts of the world, these findings have major implications, seriously questioning their merit, especially among the most marginalised segments of the population.
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Access to Cash: the First Step toward Financial Inclusion
Guillaume Lepecq
April 28, 2017
The new ATMIA study on the role cash plays in financial inclusion “Access to Cash: the First Step toward Financial Inclusion” presents an international picture of the importance of cash and ATMs in reaching 2 billion financially excluded persons “As cash is the only form of payment devoid of any prerequisite conditions for access, efforts to liberate people from financial inclusion should, instead, encourage its use,” the paper states.
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