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Study on Prevalence of Bonded Labour in Tamil Nadu

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This study involved developing and testing a robust and comprehensive tool to estimate the prevalence of bonded labour in the state of Tamil Nadu. … Read More

Evaluation of the Rural and Urban Programs of the 3D Program for Girls and Women in India

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An evaluation of the 3D Program for Girls and Woman, which focuses on the improvement of socio-economic and health outcomes for girls and women, to demonstrate its progress and identify constraints. … Read More

Atlas of Household Energy Consumption and Expenditure in India

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As part of this project, researchers developed an Energy Atlas – an interactive and publicly available online resource allowing investors, entrepreneurs and policy makers to access and explore household fuel consumption and expenditure data across India and the urban-rural divide. … Read More

LEAD partners with Inclusive Finance India Summit 2019

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LEAD, a technical partner at Inclusive India Finance Summit 2019, hosted a technical session on ‘Building a Client-Centric Financial Services Architecture: What Next?’ featuring Soumya Kapoor Mehta, Dr. Bishnu Mohapatra and Dr. Gaurav Raina as speakers. … Read More

Markers of Trust: Recreating Digital Ecosystems for Women in Low-income Clusters

Shilpa Pandit

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This learning note presents insights on the key aspects for designing a more inclusive and enabling digital ecosystem for women from low-income households, based on immersive qualitative research. The study focused on four different segments of female micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed … Read More

Digitizing Micro-merchant Ecosystems – Supply Chains

Catalyst

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This report presents insights from a series of experiments that explore the potential of digitizing payments within dairy, pharma and FMCG supply chains. The experiments were conducted as part of Catalyst’s digital payments lab in Jaipur, Rajasthan. 

Digitizing Micro-merchant Ecosystems – Roving Service Providers

Catalyst

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This report presents insights from Catalyst’s survey of roving service providers in Jaipur. It highlights pain points that this segment of micromerchants faced in adopting and using digital payments, and presents tailored strategies to enable digitisation. 

Mobiles for Mobilization: can ICT Innovations Empower Women?

Shruti Sheopurkar

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In this month’s story from the field, Research Associate Shruti Sheopurkar shares field notes and insights from a series of focus group discussions with women on the use of ICT and mobile phones. Twenty kilometers outside Raipur city in the … Read More

Has Demonetisation Fostered a ‘Shift to Digital’ for the Banked Poor

Preethi Rao, Suraj Nair, Shruti Korada

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Two years ago, the government of India made a significant move by withdrawing from circulation India’s most frequently used bank notes. The ultimate aim of this move was to create a corruption-free and cashless society. Early evidence indicates that digital … Read More

Celebrating Women In Business on Women’s Entrepreneurs Day 2019

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On Women’s Entrepreneurship Day 2019, LEAD at Krea University organised a workshop to celebrate the power and potential of women entrepreneurs at Krea titled “Women in Business: Breaking Barriers and Amplifying Impact.” … Read More