Hivos and Hivos Partners
Hivos and Hivos Partners

[This article was published in the May 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

How can a wallet-sized plastic card with an embedded computer chip that can store data or process information increase security, save time and money and overcome limits caused by illiteracy, local languages or remote locations? Microfinance institutions working in the Bolivian highlands and in remote rural areas in Uganda have been experimenting with the use of smart cards for their clients and profit from the benefits of this state-of-the-art technology.

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