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Using direct benefit transfers to transfer benefits to women: a perspective from India

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  • Rashi Sabherwal
  • Devesh Sharma
  • Neeraj Trivedi

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Enabling women to have control over their entitled incomes from direct benefit transfers (DBTs) can strengthen their bargaining power and transform their banking activity, mobility, and other key outcomes. However, ensuring that women are able to effectively access these benefit transfers in an enabling environment where DBTs can lead to transformative impacts requires recognising the economic, normative, and social barriers that women face in accessing and controlling their accounts. It also requires an understanding of the incentives of financial services providers and their constraints in adapting to and addressing these barriers. This article addresses these and offers recommendations for policymakers and practitioners as they seek to improve women's financial inclusion and fully harness the potential of benefit transfers in empowering women economically and socially.

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  • Rashi Sabherwal & Devesh Sharma & Neeraj Trivedi, 2019. "Using direct benefit transfers to transfer benefits to women: a perspective from India," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(8), pages 1001-1013, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:29:y:2019:i:8:p:1001-1013
    DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2019.1653264
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    1. Sanjukta Sarkar & Saritha Nair & M. Vishnu Vardhana Rao, 2023. "Exploring the Gender Dimension in Financial Inclusion in India: Insights from the Global Findex Database," Journal of Development Policy and Practice, , vol. 8(2), pages 141-161, July.
    2. Vandita Dar & Madhvi Sethi & Saina Baby, 2023. "Direct Cash Transfers in Emerging Economies: The Case of India," Business Perspectives and Research, , vol. 11(2), pages 287-308, May.
    3. Divya Mishra, 2023. "Gender Gap in Food Security and Nutrition: Special Case of India in the G20," India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, , vol. 79(4), pages 564-574, December.

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