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Tag: Conditional cash transfers
Communication – The Achilles heel of direct benefit transfers – Part II
MicroSave strongly believes that an integrated communication approach should be the starting point of large Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) programmes. Here, the MicroSave team present a case for beneficiary centric communication.
Sep 9, 2014
G2P Payment: A Job Half Done
Direct Benefit Transfer program was thought to be effective method of achieving goal of financial inclusion. Its effectiveness was thought to be an outcome of necessity of making payments to individual bank accounts and also because of regularity of payments. However, due to operational issues its progress does not inspire much hope. At best DBT […]
Jun 19, 2014
The State of Bank-led initiatives for E/M Banking and it’s potential
In 2012 Ignacio Mas worked with MSC to look at the state of digital financial services in India, the type of products that poor people want, and the role of microfinance institutions/SHGs in digital financial services systems. Ignacio also ran a training for all MSC staff, and we then asked him to record some of […]
Jun 7, 2013
Can Mobile Banking Deliver on the Promise of Financial Inclusion?
We interviewed Ignacio Mas to find out what he thinks about mobile banking and its role in increasing financial inclusion.
May 10, 2013
What Will It Take To Deliver ‘Direct Benefits / Cash Transfer’ Programmes Successfully?
This PB highlights the vital elements of policy changes and actions that would be necessary for efficient and meaningful rollout of this grand programme, even in a scaled down form.
Jan 1, 2013
Passing the Buck in East Africa – Money Transfers Systems: The Practice and Potential for Services in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
This paper analyses how low-income individuals and small or microentrepreneurs transfer money and make payments in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Jun 3, 2004