Blogs

Responding To The Challenges Of Manufacturing In A COVID World – A Starting Point

Kanika Joshi, Lavanya Garg | June 4, 2020

This piece presents interesting insights from a design-thinking hackathon organised by Good Business Lab in collaboration with their industry partner Shahi Exports. The hackathon focused on developing practical guidelines to design an anxiety-free workplace experience for workers in the manufacturing sector. … Read More

No Place Like Home? Addressing Rising Domestic Violence During Lockdown

Vishaka Wadhwani, Jagannath R | May 12, 2020

Lockdown measures and stay at home orders as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in a sharp increase in domestic violence as victims find themselves trapped at home with their abusers. This blog piece looks into policy interventions that can help mitigate the current situation as well as become part of counter-measures to epidemics in the long run.
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Boosting Financial Capabilities for Electric Vehicle Manufacturing in India

Arjun Malhotra, Soumyajit Bhar, Rahul Muralidharan | April 29, 2020

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

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

Sabina Yasmin | April 23, 2020

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 | April 22, 2020

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 | April 17, 2020

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 | March 17, 2020

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

Mobiles for Mobilization: can ICT Innovations Empower Women?

Shruti Sheopurkar | November 29, 2019

In this month’s story from the field, Research Associate Shruti Sheopurkar shares field notes and insights from a series of focus group discussions with women on the use of ICT and mobile phones. Twenty kilometers outside Raipur city in the … Read More

Has Demonetisation Fostered a ‘Shift to Digital’ for the Banked Poor

Preethi Rao, Suraj Nair, Shruti Korada | November 29, 2019

Two years ago, the government of India made a significant move by withdrawing from circulation India’s most frequently used bank notes. The ultimate aim of this move was to create a corruption-free and cashless society. Early evidence indicates that digital … Read More

How a Human Touch Agent can Make a Difference in Promoting Digital Financial Services

Misha Sharma, Shreya Chatterjee | September 21, 2017

It was almost three in the afternoon when we arrived at Padma’s house in the sleepy village of Katpadi in Tamil Nadu. In a state where 55 percent of women in rural areas don’t participate in the labor force, Padma is the … Read More