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Addressing Financial Exclusion in France and India
[S’attaquer à l’exclusion financière en France et en Inde]

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  • Tara Nair

    (Gujarat Institute of Development Research)

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Malgré les différences importantes quant à la couverture des comptes bancaires, l'Inde et la France ont été victimes de l'exclusion de larges segments de la population des services bancaires et financiers. Alors que l'Inde tente d'accélérer le rythme de couverture des comptes bancaires par le biais de plusieurs initiatives, la France s'efforce de combler le fossé entre la couverture étendue des comptes bancaires et l'accès limité aux services bancaires grâce à des arrangements institutionnels au sein et en dehors du secteur bancaire. En Inde, les politiques récentes ont ouvert des voies aux acteurs de la microfinance et aux entreprises axées sur la technologie pour faire partie de la campagne d'intégration financière. La tendance à une plus grande participation du secteur privé aux activités financières est également visible en France, en dépit de la riche histoire des approches solidaires de l'inclusion sociale et du droit constitutionnel accordé à ses citoyens de détenir des comptes bancaires. L'expérience de la France montre clairement qu'assurer le droit d'avoir des comptes bancaires personnels ne conduira pas à un système bancaire inclusif ou à une capacité financière accrue des individus, en particulier des personnes économiquement vulnérables.

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  • Tara Nair, 2017. "Addressing Financial Exclusion in France and India [S’attaquer à l’exclusion financière en France et en Inde]," Working Papers halshs-01451918, HAL.
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