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Financing Instruments for Addressing Climate Change and Pollution: Lessons Learned from Maharashtra

Koyel Mandal, Rajesh Rangarajan

The State of Maharashtra has been a pioneer in implementing fiscal instruments to address air pollution and climate change related issues. In the process, the State has also generated significant revenues that were supposed to be utilized towards vehicular pollution … Read More

Environmental Literacy in Sikkim

IFMR LEAD

This report presents the context and approach for a baseline assessment of environmental literacy conducted in the state of Sikkim.

Implementation of the National Action Plan on Climate Change (Napcc) – Progress & Evaluation

Vivek Venkataramani, V. Shivaranjani

This study attempts at providing pointers to facilitate effective implementation of the National Missions under the NAPCC, as well as highlight key policy aspects that augur well to further this national mandate.

Kiosk Banking: The Challenges to and Implications of Building an Inclusive Financial Architecture

Parul Agarwal, Amulyakrishna Champatiray

The Government of India and the RBI have taken various measures to promote and deepen financial inclusion in India. One of the more recent and innovative channels of increasing financial inclusion has been through kiosk banking. The study seeks to … Read More

The Economics and Psychology of Long-term Savings and Pensions: A Randomised Experiment Among Low-income Entrepreneurs in Maharashtra, India

Karna Basu, Shailendra Singh Bisht

This report presents findings from a study that examines determinants of long-term savings among low-income households through marketing interventions and incentives.

Socioeconomic and Gender Analysis of Tribal Populations in India

Deepti Kc, Samik Adhikari

This report presents insights from a baseline evaluation study to assess socioeconomic status in rural tribal regions of seven districts in five states: Chhattisgarh (Bastar, Kanker); Madhya Pradesh (Mandla, Shahdol); Orissa (Koraput); Rajasthan (Sirohi) and West Bengal (West Midnapur).

Smallholder Access to Weather Securities in India: Demand and Impact on Production Decisions

Francisco Ceballos, Isaac Manuel R, Miguel Robles, Andre Butler

This report presents findings from a study that seeks to make weather-index insurance simple, transparent, flexible and affordable for smallholder farmers.

Increasing Women’s Participation in Community-based Livelihoods Interventions

Deepti Kc, Kalrav Acharya, Rajat Mookherjee

This report presents findings and lessons learnt from an assessment of the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project – Jeevika.

Do Flexible Repayment Schedules Improve the Impact of Microcredit? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Rural India

Kristina Czura

In this paper, the authors present findings from a randomized evaluation of flexible microcredit repayment schedules relative to “normal” inflexible, fixed repayment schedules.

The Need for Better Evidence to Evaluate the Health & Economic Benefits of India’s Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

rindam Nandi, E. Phoebe Holtzman, Anup Malani, Ramanan Laxminarayan

In this review the existing evidence on the impact of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is discussed in the context of international literature available on health insurance. We describe potential pathways through which health insurance can affect health and economic … Read More