Articles by pankaj agarwal
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Friday
June 25
2010India’s Unique ID Project – Implications for Micropayment
The Unique Identification Number (UID), which identifies individuals uniquely on the basis of demographic information and biometrics, will allow individuals to establish their identity with agencies across the country. It provides a renewed approach towards financial inclusion by integrating various reforms addressing the core issue.
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Guest Articles
Thursday
October 8
2009An Alternative Urban Vision for India – Affordable Housing
I recently attended the First Habitat Summit, a joint initiative by India Habitat Centre and Urban Habitats Forum. There were some of the discussions which I feel qualify as a good read for the BoP community. One of them was on the topic of Affordable Housing. This engaging session was chaired by Ashish Karamchandani from Monitor Group...
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Wednesday
June 24
2009Financial Inclusion in India: Interview with Anurag Gupta from A Little World
Financial inclusion has long been a challenge in India, where bank transactions are mainly urban based and people living in rural areas rarely even have a bank account. Financial inclusion is the delivery of banking services at affordable costs to vast sections of disadvantaged and low-income groups.
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Wednesday
June 3
2009Incubating Clean Energy Technologies for the BoP
Yet, there I was, waiting in front of an office building on a deserted Mumbai street, when the cab pulled up to take me to ARTI (the Appropriate Rural Technology Institute), a registered scientific society established to develop and transfer innovative, sustainable technologies to rural people for income generation...
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