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lore.vandewalle@graduateinstitute.chDr Lore Vandewalle is an assistant professor of economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, and one of the members of the recently created Centre for Finance and Development. She is also a part-time senior researcher at the University of Oslo. She is a development economist, specialised in microfinance and financial inclusion in India.
Posts by Lore Vandewalle
Political reservations for women and policy influence of low-castes in India
Many policies are designed along a particular identity dimension, such as gender or ethnicity. However, such policies overlook the fact that individuals are associated with several identity dimensions...
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Guilhem Cassan Lore Vandewalle 
19 September, 2018
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Socially disadvantaged groups and microfinance in India
The benefits of microfinance are in the details. This column takes a look at lending by commercial banks in India to self-help groups – smaller, informal community-based groups – as a new and succ...
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Jean-Marie Baland Rohini Somanathan Lore Vandewalle
- 16 May, 2016
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Can bank account-based payments boost savings?
?The Finance Ministry plans to focus on mobilising savings in the next phase of PMJDY, the financial inclusion scheme. This column presents results from an experiment in Chhattisgarh, which tests whe...
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Vincent Somville Lore Vandewalle
- 06 April, 2015
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