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FINANCIAL INCLUSION

MALLIKARJUN — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:58:30 -0400

Sir, i'm doing a project on FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN URBAN AREAS so please i request you to send me some info about this topic

Financial inclusion

samson Tatiwa — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:51:33 -0400

The Zimbabwean gvt has unveiled a new legislation to promote the access to financial services by those in rural areas previously considered to be unbankable by formal banking institutions.The new legislation seeks to lay a framework for the operation of micro-finances as conduits of funds for development.

Financial inclusion is being

Sachin — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:27:05 -0400

Financial inclusion is being a focus area off late,in India. Check the references and other info here http://www.iibf.org.in/financeq/iib_financeinclusion.asp this is Indian Institute of Banking and Finance 's website.

Financial Inclusion

nandini.ramamurthy — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:52:26 -0400

sir, I am doing my MA project on financial inclusion so i need some text as well as statistical reading material. I need to know the available resources. Kindly guide me in this regard.

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karthik — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:59:33 -0400

sir i am very much interested to do myseminar in the topic of "financial inclusion" so please send me some information regarding the topic above mentioned.thank you very much see you bye...

Roadblocks to Financial Inclusion

Nitin Rao — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:06:00 -0400

When I recently attended The Second Annual Conference on Public Policy and Management at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, I had not imagined that it will be difficult to summarize it in a blog post. Discussed at the conference - current thinking on the proposed National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill, papers on increasing financial inclusion and other issues on policy in practice.

I particularly liked a key note address by Usha Thorat, Deputy Governor - Reserve Bank of India. She spoke of different methods in which financial inclusion could be promoted - providing easier, affordable access to financial services. These include encouraging GCCs (generalized credit cards) for rural customers and recognizing microfinance institutions.

Even with all the euphoria about financial inclusion, it is critical that political leaders do not jeopardize this process. Unfortunately, there have been cases of governments earning favour through loan waiver schemes. There are examples of this in states such as Punjab and Karnataka. This has become less frequent over the last few years – but remains an issue. With the government controlling over 80% of banks, this is not difficult.

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