This report presents findings from a study that examines determinants of long-term savings among low-income households through marketing interventions and incentives.
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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
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
Assessment of Karnataka’s Akshaya Shakti Nidhi (Green Energy Fund)
IFMR LEAD
The Karnataka Renewable Energy Policy (2009-14) sets a target of generating an additional 4200 MW through renewable energy (RE) sources. As part of this policy, the Government of Karnataka (GoK) plans to introduce a “Green Energy Cess” on commercial and … Read More
Role of Microfinance Sector in Disaster Risk Reduction in India
Microfinance Institutions can provide wider support during natural disasters to poor households by implementing Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) activities This study aims to assess the gaps between existing DRR practices of MFIs and disaster related vulnerabilities of clients to inform disaster preparedness strategies. … Read More
Alleviating Constraints to Adoption of Improved Soil Fertility Management
The study aims to investigate the constraints to the adoption of a new affordable automated system for delivering balanced fertilizer recommendations to farmers and compare it with recommendations from government soil testing laboratories. The aim of the project is to identify farmer fertilizer adoption patterns. … Read More
Adaptation to Persistent Drought and Groundwater Depletion: Evidence from Karnataka
Study that gathers evidence on how farmers in Karnataka adapt and cope with multi-year and persistent drought. … Read More
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