Mainstreaming Financial Inclusion Conference

Attendance

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Once you have registered you will receive an email with the event link and details. Registration will stay open on the day.

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.

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