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S1 Ep54: Is financial literacy necessary?

Sep 13, 202114 minSeason 1Ep. 54
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Episode description

We often try to improve incomes and financial decision-making of working people by teaching financial literacy. But in Uganda an intervention tested whether learning by saving in a bank account might also be an effective route to knowledge. If this works, Dean Karlan tells Tim Phillips, it might be a low-cost route to financial inclusion.
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