Most people in rural Africa do not have bank accounts. In this paper, we combine experimental and survey evidence from Western Kenya to document some of the supply and demand factors behind such low levels of financial inclusion. Our experiment had two parts. In the first part, we waived the...

This paper explores borders as conceptual entities that are performed. Rather than assume that the meaning of borders (or ‘border-ness’) holds steady while everything else changes, the paper considers borders as forms of ‘performation’ in Callon's terms. It also argues that border is...