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Online conference programme
Opening
10am - 10.15am
Welcome: Professor Thankom Arun, Principal Investigator of the UKIERI-funded project
Opening remarks: Professor Neil Kellard, Dean of Essex Business School
Morning papers
10.15am - 12pm
Chair: Professor Sheri Markose
- Jim Vine (University of Essex), Some Comparisons Between Financial Inclusion in India and the UK
- Mais Shaban (AL-Zaytoonah, University of Jordan), Cross-Country Variation in Financial Inclusion: A Global Perspective
- Rajalaxmi Kamath (IIM, Bangalore) Three Decades of Microlending in a South Indian Town: Transformations in Organisations, Actors, and Financial Flows
- P.C. Narayan (IIM, Bangalore) Impacts of Social Progress and Social Inclusion on Financial Inclusion Outcomes - The India Context
Afternoon papers
1pm - 2.30pm
Chair: Professor Claudia Girardone
- Sheri M. Markose (University of Essex), Financial Inclusion, At What Cost?: Quantification of Economic Viability of a Supply Side Roll Out
- Udichibana Bose (University of Essex), Financial Decisions and Information Networks Among Female-headed Households
- Rasheed Alrashidi (University of Essex), Access to Finance: A Case Study of Indian Firms.
Roundtable
2.30pm - 4pm
Moderator : Professor Victor Murinde, SOAS
- Thankom Arun, Claudia Girardone and Sheri Markose (University of Essex)
Roundtable on mainstreaming financial inclusion.
More details on financial inclusion.
