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Boosting Financial Capabilities for Electric Vehicle Manufacturing in India

Arjun Malhotra, Soumyajit Bhar, Rahul Muralidharan

The second part of the blog series on Climate Finance in India, this piece looks at ways to leverage climate finance to push for more widespread adoption of electric vehicles in India. … Read More

Addressing Rising Gender-Based Violence Amidst a Pandemic

LEAD kickstarted its three-part webinar series on escalating gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic with social activist and poet Kamla Bhasin. … Read More

Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on India’s Agricultural Sector

Sabina Yasmin

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a halt of economic activity globally, raising concerns regarding the demand and supply shocks to the food and agriculture sectors. Despite assurances from the Central Government of adequate food storage which can last for … Read More

Beyond Health: How the Covid-19 Pandemic is Impacting Financial Services in India

Neema Gupta, Fabrizio Valenti

The Covid-19 pandemic will undoubtedly send long-lasting shockwaves across all sectors and segments of society. To understand what this means for the Financial Inclusion sector, LEAD is taking a journey – virtual, of course – across India, speaking with experts … Read More

A Primer to Climate Finance in India

Rahul Muralidharan, Soumyajit Bhar, Arjun Malhotra

Introduction With an increasingly warming planet, climate change has been termed as an “emergency” by the United Nations Secretary-General, urging countries around the world to enhance their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). Under the Paris Agreement, each country is required to … Read More

From Custodians Of Traditional Knowledge To Community Change Agents

Deepanshu Khandelwal, Kanika Joshi

Kanika Joshi and Deepanshu Khandelwal share stories from their recent visit to Bikaner, Rajasthan, where they were present as part of LEAD’s collaboration with Rangsutra. Rangsutra is an artisan collective that has empowered and transformed the lives of thousands of artisans across the country. LEAD is supporting Rangsutra in their efforts toward digitizing their workflow and supply chain … Read More

Empowering Women Collectives Through Digital Initiatives in Chhattisgarh: The Current Landscape

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Since 2019, the Initiative of What Works to Advance Women and Girls in the Economy (IWWAGE), an initiative of LEAD at Krea University, has been working with the Government of Chhattisgarh and other partners to map the current digitisation initiatives … Read More

Accelerating Women’s Access to Entitlements through Digital Solutions

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The Initiative for What Works to Advance Women and Girls in the Economy (IWWAGE) is working with the Chhattisgarh Rural Livelihoods Mission and Haqdarshak Empowerment Solutions to train 5,000 self-help group members to become Haqdarshikas. This brief captures provides a … Read More

The Economics and Psychology of Long-term Savings and Pensions

This study explores the behavioural mechanisms that influence decision making processes in long term savings amongst lower income households. … Read More

Digital Solutions to Unlock the Potential of SHGs and Their Federations

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This infographic captures pathways of impact for a project with the Chhattisgarh’s State Rural Livelihoods Mission (Bihan) and key stakeholders in the ecosystem which seeks to better understand and test how digital solutions can enable SHGs to promote women’s social … Read More