Recent & Upcoming Talks

2019

2018

What explains differences in financial inclusion?

(Preliminary version. Please do not quote.) Recent years have witnessed a global commitment to advancing financial inclusion as a key …

Financial inclusion in India: Supply-side incentives and demand-side barriers

Invited seminar on Financial inclusion in India: Supply-side incentives and demand-side barriers.

What explains differences in financial inclusion?

Financial inclusion and bank performance (CAMEL approach)

2017

Overview of Computational Microeconomics and Complexity Economics

On the origins, foundations, applications and models of agent-based computational economics (ACE).

Is your Household a Small Business?

This is an attempt to familiarise the public with the main concepts of accounting and how these concepts can be applied using bank …

Finance for All

Outlining global statistics on access to bank accounts, including gender disparities.

Microfinance in India

Presentation discussing the history of microfinance in India. Covers the 1969 nationalisation of the banks, supply-driven measures from …

Interview on Finance for Everyone

Claudia Girardone was interviewed about Finance for Everyone for BBC Essex.

Gender Roles in Financial Inclusion and Economic Development

Discussing gender differences in relation to repayment, and presenting the findings of research into the workings of microfinance …

2016

Discussion on Demonetisation

Thankom Arun was interviewed about India’s demonetisation.