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Episode 24: Interview with Aishwarya Ratan, Director of the Global Financial Inclusion Initiative at Yale University
Episode 24: Interview with Aishwarya Ratan, Director of the Global Financial Inclusion Initiative at Yale University
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45 minutes
Released:
Dec 23, 2014
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Podcast episode
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Aishwarya is the Director of the Global Financial Inclusion Initiative at Yale University. The Global Financial Inclusion Initiative focuses on the design and delivery of effective financial services for the poor. It tests and replicates different policies and approaches to help the poor manage and grow their money and to ensure that the financial services available are affordable, efficient, and secure. Prior to joining the Global Financial Inclusion Initiative, Aishwarya was at the Microsoft Research Lab in Bangalore, India.In this interview, Aishwarya discusses:
The importance of households savings for the poor
The scale of the challenge and key pain points
The barriers for the poor to access the formal financial sector
Progress that has been made dealing with behavioural barriers
The importance of households savings for the poor
The scale of the challenge and key pain points
The barriers for the poor to access the formal financial sector
Progress that has been made dealing with behavioural barriers
Released:
Dec 23, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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