This brief presents an overview of findings from a detailed landscape assessment of agricultural insurance in India, with a focus on crop and livestock insurance. It provides an insight into the current landscape of products available in the sector, and … Read More
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Nurse and Physician Reflections on the Application of a Quality Standards Training Program to Reduce Maternal Mortality
Shannon Maloney, Mohammad Siahpush, Danae Dinkel, Paraskevi A Farazi, Jithin Jose, Rohini Dutta
Low and middle income countries are characterised by high rates of maternal mortality, in spite of a rise in facility-supported births. This warrants a need to assess the quality of maternal care. The current study evaluated provider perspectives on teaching … Read More
Understanding the Impact of Demonetization on Bank Account Holders from Low Income Households
Suraj Nair, Shruti Korada, Preethi Rao
This study, conducted by IFMR LEAD, attempts to contribute to the ongoing debate of the short and long-term effects of demonetization on low income households who while formally banked, are among the most prone to adverse effects of demonetization policy, … Read More
How a Human Touch Agent can Make a Difference in Promoting Digital Financial Services
Misha Sharma, Shreya Chatterjee
It was almost three in the afternoon when we arrived at Padma’s house in the sleepy village of Katpadi in Tamil Nadu. In a state where 55 percent of women in rural areas don’t participate in the labor force, Padma is the … Read More
Study to Test Incentives for Onboarding Merchants and Consumers
Catalyst
The brief presents findings from a study that tested the awareness of digital payments systems and the efficacy of different government incentive schemes in promoting adoption and usage of payment platforms.
Gen-Next Chit Funds – From Dusty Dabbas to Digital Khaatas
Catalyst
Catalyst partnered with Kyepot technologies to study how informal chit funds or Rotating Savings and Credit Association (ROSCAs) can be digitized and graduated to a formal platform. This field story captures Farida ben’s experience of transitioning her traditional chit fund … Read More
Enroute Lakshya – Power of Savings to Meet Unending Possibilities
Catalyst
This field story captures insights from an initiative to expand access to formal savings accounts for low-income communities as part of Catalyst’s Incubator Initiative. Kaleidofin, a startup that was part of the first cohort of the program, seeks to empower … Read More
Fintech charcha on Catalyst Incubator
Catalyst organised a discussion with potential applicants to the Catalyst Incubator call to discuss the long-term support, design and research inputs and mentorship that the shortlisted solutions will receive as a part of the journey with the Catalyst Incubator. … Read More
Ideo – Catalyst Round Table: Designing a UPI Mass Activation Campaign
Catalyst and IDEO partnered to hosta design sprint to identify the pain points associated with a behaviour change from cash to digital payments for their mass UPI activation campaign. … Read More
Shifting Gears: On RCTs and Beyond
Mridulya Narasimhan, Advitha Arun
In addition to clinical biologists (and probably their assistants), every development-research enthusiast nowadays is fairly familiar with the term ‘Randomized Control Trials’ or RCTs, as they are fondly known. Since their inception in the early 2000s, RCTs have influenced research … Read More
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