THE POLICY EDGE
Opinion

28 February 2026

Why Financial Inclusion Isn’t Transforming Rural Women’s Work

Access to finance is stabilising livelihoods without enabling structural mobility

Durairaj Kumarasamy is a Professor and Head of the Department of Economics, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies. Prakash Singh is an Associate Professor at the Goa Institute of Management. Sukhvinder Kaur is an Assistant Professor at Mata Sundri College For Women, Delhi University. 

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