Beyond Bank Accounts: Full financial inclusion
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This report addresses the full breadth and depth of the experience of financial exclusion.
Many people's opportunitites are limited and their poverty deepened through their experience of financial exclusion. This book suggests a second generation of financial inclusion policies for the government and other stakeholders to pursue.
It is not just about access to financial products but also the quality of engagement with those products and the need for individuals to develop skills and confidence to make informed decisions.
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