Bitcoin as Tool for Financial Inclusion in El Salvador: The Perils of Authoritarian Governance
In 2021, El Salvador declared bitcoin legal tender. According to President Nayib Bukele, the measure was intended to expand access to financial services in a country with a high proportion of unbanked people and to cheapen and ease remittance flows for migrants and their families. In this article, w...
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| Main Authors: | Titus Meijering, Antulio Rosales |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2025-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Politics in Latin America |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1866802X251316902 |
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