Demonetisation and information poverty: insights from slum areas in Bangalore and Mumbai

Masiero, Silvia (2016) Demonetisation and information poverty: insights from slum areas in Bangalore and Mumbai [Online resource]

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Drawing on her ongoing fieldwork in slum areas of Bangalore and Mumbai, Silvia Masiero argues that information poverty increases hardship for the poor and vulnerable facing demonetisation. She observes, however, that the unbanked poor are those who hold the most valuable information about the real effects of the Government’s move towards a cashless economy.