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Preliminary Findings from the KGFS Impact Evaluation Study

Iris Braun

This article shares preliminary findings from an ongoing study by IFMR LEAD, Evidence for Policy Design at the Harvard Kennedy School and Duke University, on access to finance in rural Tamil Nadu. Happy Birthday Pudhuaaru KGFS, and if we may … Read More

Round Table: Mapping the Digital Finance Ecosystem in India

IFMR LEAD, in collaboration with J.P. Morgan, hosted a roundtable as part of their research project “Process Mapping and Evaluation of Digital Financial Services in India’” in Mumbai. … Read More

Digital Finance in Bangladesh: Empowering or Excluding Women?

Parul Agarwal and Suraj Nair

This article is part of a series of Blogposts on the progress of digital financial services in Bangladesh. It draws on discussions held at a seminar on the subject in Dhaka in April 2016. The seminar was organized by BRAC Social Innovation Lab, … Read More

Open Letter to Traffic Planners

Dear Traffic Police and transport planners,    I am a Chennai resident for the past year and a half. In this period, I have taken up several modes of transport in the city and tried various combinations of private, and … Read More

Using ICT to Help MSME’s Prosper – A Qualitative Insight of Mobile-based Financial Training in Bangalore

Kanika Joshi

Can an ICT-based training program help improve financial outcomes for women entrepreneurs? In this article, Kanika Joshi gives us an insight into the life of Shakuntala – a woman entrepreneur and participant in our ongoing evaluation of a mobile-based business … Read More

FinTech Diffusion in India: Boon or Bane?

Pratibha Joshi, Advitha Arun

In the present era of digital revolution, technology has been leaving its indelible mark in several areas, including finance. Financial Technology or ‘FinTech’ refers to the provision of financial services on digital platforms. A number of start-ups have emerged in … Read More

IFMR bags ASSOCHAM’s award for Best Institute Serving Social Cause-CSR 2016

IFMR LEAD was awarded the Best Institute Serving Social Cause-CSR by ASSOCHAM. … Read More

A Conversation on Development with Kaushik Basu – Part 2

Parikshit Ghosh

Parikshit Ghosh (Associate Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics) speaks with Kaushik Basu (Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, World Bank and former Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India) on issues ranging from the use of economic knowledge in … Read More

A Conversation on Development with Kaushik Basu- Part 1

Parikshit Ghosh

Parikshit Ghosh (Associate Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics) speaks with Kaushik Basu (Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, World Bank and former Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India) on issues ranging from the change in World Bank’s mission … Read More

‘Mobile’izing Agricultural Advice: Technology Adoption, Diffusion and Sustainability

Shawn A. Cole, A. Nilesh Fernando

In this paper, the authors examine the role of management in agricultural productivity, by evaluating a mobile-phone based agricultural advice service provided to farmers in India. Demand for advice is high; and advice changes practices, increasing yields in cumin (28%) … Read More