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Revitalizing the Self-Help Group Movement in India

Posted by admin on June 7, 2016 | Featured | No Comments

Growth of the self-help group movement in India has slowed in the past five years. How can challenges be overcome to improve and revitalize these programs? In this article, Misha Sharma and Shreya Chatterjee from our research team highlight findings from … Read More

Preliminary Findings from the KGFS Impact Evaluation Study

Iris Braun

Posted by admin on June 2, 2016 | Featured | No Comments

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

Posted by admin on May 27, 2016 | Featured | No Comments

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

Posted by admin on May 24, 2016 | Featured | No Comments

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

Posted by admin on April 18, 2016 | Featured | No Comments

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

Posted by admin on March 4, 2016 | Featured | No Comments

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

Posted by admin on February 29, 2016 | Featured | No Comments

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

Posted by admin on February 17, 2016 | Featured | No Comments

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

Posted by admin on February 4, 2016 | Featured | No Comments

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