Using direct benefit transfers to transfer benefits to women

A perspective from India

Bibliographic Data

ID3887232
AuthorsRashi Sabherwal (Moscow State University of Technologies and Management named after K.G. Razumovskiy, corresponding author), Devesh Sharma (0000-0003-4117-4771), Neeraj Trivedi
Year2019
Volume29
Issue8
Pages1001-1013
Publication date2019-11-17
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2019.1653264
OpenAlexW2980769158
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited1

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

Bargaining power · Business · Economics · Financial inclusion · Financial services · Incentive · Market economy · Microeconomics · Normative · Political science · Public economics · Sociology · Transformative learning · Computer Science · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Finance

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