Biometric payment systems and welfare benefits

Muralidharan, Karthik; Niehaus, Paul; and Sukhtankar, Sandip (2014) Biometric payment systems and welfare benefits. [Online resource]

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Biometric payment systems are claimed to reduce leakages in public welfare programmes. Indeed, 230 programmes in more than 80 countries are currently deploying such systems to improve security and reduce corruption and fraud. Yet, there is little evidence for their effectiveness