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Livelihoods

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LIVELIHOODS

 

The Government of India has launched several schemes to promote private enterprises in rural areas. These schemes primarily focus on building infrastructure to maximize economic growth for the poor. In addition, the Indian microfinance movement has expanded its focus beyond small loans to incorporate other aspects of household development, such as livelihoods and financial inclusion. While these initiatives are encouraging, it is not clear that specific programmes are always designed with the local context and needs in mind. In order to ensure the effectiveness of rural private enterprise initiatives, it is crucial to understand the opportunities currently available, the nature of the local market, market flows and status of entrepreneurship in rural areas, existing skills set and the required infrastructure. IFMR LEAD’s Centre for Microfinance focuses on conducting a series of high-quality action-oriented research studies with an objective to improve design and delivery, and ultimately, the impact of livelihoods programmes in India. Specifically, our studies aim to understand how livelihoods interventions ranging from large government programmes to smaller targeted interventions, can provide the poor with the skills, knowledge and opportunities they need to improve their standard of living.

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INCLUSIVE GROWTH THROUGH MICROFINANCE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING: AN IMPACT STUDY

How Do Caste, Gender and Party Affiliation of Locally Elected Leaders Affect Implementation of NREGA?

Impacts of Livelihoods Projects. Stocktaking of Agriculture and Rural Development Projects (India) (Completed)

Yale Economic Growth Center’s Tamil Nadu Socioeconomic Mobility Survey

AFFORDABLE DAY CARE TO EMPOWER INDIAN WOMEN

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CAN WORKFORCE SERVE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WEATHER INSURANCE? THE CASE OF NREGA IN ANDHRA PRADESH

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE SEEKING HEALTH CARE: EVIDENCE FROM INDIA

TRAIN THE TRAINER: PROMOTING SAVINGS BY TRAINING BANKING CORRESPONDENT AGENTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

INCREASING RURAL INCOMES BY EXPANDING ACCESS TO AGRICULTURAL PRICE INFORMATION

Investigating the Impact of a Mobile-Based Agricultural Extension Service

Process Documentation of Livelihood Intervention of Government of Bihar’s Rural Livelihood Project

Case study of the Government of Tamil Nadu’s Community-Driven Development (CDD) Programme

Socio-Economic Baseline Study in Tribal Districts of India

What causes dispersion in revenue and output across firms? The brick industry in India

An Evaluation of the Village Development Plans in Tamil Nadu

Evaluating the Impact of Providing Information about Future Prices

Evaluating the Impact of Health Services on Recipients of Livelihoods Support

Integrating the poorest into microfinance: An impact assessment (Completed)

Targeting the Hard-Core Poor – An Impact Evaluation

Impact Evaluation of Hand-in-Hand Self-Help Group Programme

Livelihoods Research: Translating Research into Policy and Practice

Understanding the movement of cash of the privately led enterprises in Dharavi and scope for electronic or mobile payments

Socio-Economic Baseline Study with Swades Foundation

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