An investigation into the influence of identity of locally-elected leaders or political affiliations on participation in NREGA. … Read More
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Fiscal Instruments for Environment and Climate Change: Experiences from Indian States
A compilation of experiences from some of the Indian States that have implemented fiscal instruments to address environmental and climate issues. … Read More
Documenting Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in the Indo-Gangetic Plains
An evaluation of the adoption of conservation agriculture within the intensive rice-wheat cropping systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains. … Read More
Developing Financing Strategies for Implementing the State Action Plans on Climate Change
This project presents strategies for raising funds towards assisting the Central and State Governments in India to implement the State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC) in an effective and efficient manner. … Read More
Study on the Drivers of Over-Indebtedness of Microfinance Borrowers in India: An In-depth Investigation of Saturated Areas
This study examines the nature and level of over-indebtedness among microfinance clients in selected cities of India, through measures of overindebtedness. … Read More
Comprehensive Social Security for the Indian Unorganized Sector
This study analyses the challenges in the design and implementation of social security schemes and uses this understanding to draw lessons for designing a comprehensive social security scheme for India. … Read More
An Assessment of the National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS)
This study evaluates the NAIS scheme in terms of coverage, pay-outs and other relevant outcomes to understand the causal linkages between insured lending portfolios and agricultural credit flows. … Read More
A Randomized Control Trial of a Soft Commitment Product: a Pilot
This pilot study tests the uptake and usage of variations of a “contract-free” (soft) commitment savings product. … Read More
Alternative Credit Scores for Small and Medium Enterprises
This study presents insights from an alternative credit scoring system, developed to address the shortage of data for informing credit decisions for the small and medium enterprise segment. … Read More
Financial Inclusion Studies: Analysis of No-Frills Accounts Drives in Gulbarga
An evaluation of financial inclusion drives to assess goals achieved and the behaviour of clients using newly opened accounts in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. … Read More