This study evaluates the design of India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change, and provides actionable recommendations to facilitate policy implementation. … Read More
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Smallholder Access To Weather Securities: Demand And Impact On Consumption And Production Decisions
This study evaluates the potential of a weather index insurance product in addressing the insurance requirements of smallholder farmers. … Read More
Targeting the Hard-Core Poor – An Impact Evaluation
This study evaluates the impact of an asset transfer and training program on the economic and social well-being of ultra-poor households. … Read More
Impact of Improved Father Involvement in Early Childhood Care Among Rural Indian Parents: Insights from Randomised Evaluation
This study examines the impact of awareness and behaviour change among parents on children’s development, as well as early stimulation and learning. … Read More
The Landscape of Crop and Livestock Insurance in India
This is a detailed landscape assessment of agricultural insurance in India, with a focus on crop and livestock insurance, providing a brief overview of the current landscape of products available, details on take-up and usage of crop and livestock insurance and the barriers faced on the supply and demand sides. … Read More
Improving Quality of Health Care to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Kerala, India
This assessment examines the impact of a quality standards training program based on guidelines to improve on the management of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) and pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) in public hospitals in Kerala. … Read More
Rules of Thumb: Providing Timely Useful Financial Management Advice at Scale in India
This study assesses the impact of an affordable and scalable financial capability intervention that delivered rules of thumb based business advice to entrepreneurs, via voice-based mobile phone messages. … Read More
Incentivising Self-Help Groups to Influence Improved Sanitation Behaviors: Evidence from Rural Tamil Nadu
This study aims to understand and unpack the complex factors that influence latrine use in among rural households in India. … Read More
The Cream of the Crop: Targeting High Ability Entrepreneurs Using Microcredit Group Information
The study proposes an alternative means to measure entrepreneurial ability by leveraging existing networks of micro-credit clients to identify and target high ability entrepreneurs who can transition their enterprises to SMEs. … Read More
Assessing Value Chain Digitization
This exploratory research study aims to map and analyse the various value chains that low-income consumers and merchants transact in, to identify strategies for promoting digitisation. … Read More