Welcome

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Welcome to the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (IMTFI). Established in 2008, the Institute is housed in the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Its mission is to support research on money and technology among the world's poorest people: those who live on less than $1 per day. We seek to create a community of practice and inquiry into the everyday uses and meanings of money, as well as the technological infrastructures being developed as carriers of mainstream and alternative currencies worldwide.

IMTFI First Annual Conference for Funded Researchers: November 4-5, 2009

More Information: Bottom of the Pyramid Workshop—June 1-2, 2009

IMTFI, along with the Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO), and Intel Research, held "The Bottom of the Pyramid in Practice" Conference at UC Irvine June 1-2. 2009.