Biometric payment systems and welfare benefits
Karthik Mohan Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, Sandip Sukhtankar · London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) · 2014
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