2025-05-162017-01-10https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/42717858I am a development economist working within the financial inclusion sector as an independent consultant. I am constantly exploring various ways in which I can "cross pollinate" multiple ideas from other disciplines and apply them to my work. For instance I am hoping to apply and extrapolate some of the key findings (and definitions) in this paper to microinsurance theory concerning intermediaries. OSC has given me access to quality research papers with solid academic 'gravitas' (for lack of a better word). In addition, I have found quality research papers that have served as a creative spring board and spurred further ideas and research work.