Impact of Improved Father Involvement in Early Childhood Care Among Rural Indian Parents: Insights From a Cluster Randomised Trial of a Behaviour Change Intervention
Research Team: Sapna Nair, Rathish Sekar, Arvind Balaji
Project Geography: Districts of Madurai & Dindigul, Tamil Nadu
Status: Completed
Paternal involvement during early childcare has been seen to have a positive impact on child’s social behavioural, cognitive academic and emotional psychological development. As early childhood is a period of greatest potential brain development in humans, it is imperative to focus on improving childcare during this period. Most of the child development programmes hinge on […]
Incentivising self-help groups to influence improved sanitation behaviors: Evidence from rural Tamil Nadu
Research Team: Sujatha Srinivasan, Ajay Tannirkulam, Lipika Kapoor
Project Geography: Tamil Nadu
Status:
Recent evidence suggesting that sanitation practices involving latrine use in rural India are likely more behavior-led and demand-oriented than previously understood. GoI’s SBM-Grameen presents a renewed opportunity to tackle the OD challenge in rural India. This will require a shift in historical policy and programmatic focus from latrine construction to latrine use as a key […]
Review of BMGF/DFID Partnership cities project
Research Team: Sujatha Srinivasan, Revati Dhoble, Prof. Ligy Philip (IIT, Madras)
Project Geography: India, Bangladesh
Status:
In 2013, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the UK Department of International Development (DfID) initiated a partnership based on a shared vision of universal use of sustainable sanitation services. Six cities in South Asia with demonstrated evidence of long term commitment to improving sanitation service outcomes were selected to benefit from this […]
Understanding the Impact of Demonetization on Bank Account Holders from Low Income Households
Principal Investigators: Preethi Rao
Project Geography: Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh
Status: Completed
This study, conducted by IFMR LEAD, attempts to contribute to the ongoing debate of the short and long-term effects of demonetization on low income households who while formally banked, are among the most prone to adverse effects of demonetization policy, owing to their socio-economic, demographic and occupational profiles. The objective of this study is to […]
Study on ArthImpact Happy Loans
Research Team: Anoushaka Chandrashekar, Shashank Sreedharan
Project Geography: Maharashtra
Status: Completed
ArthImpact offers small monthly loans starting from starting from INR 2000 and up to INR 1 Lakh to small and medium enterprises to smooth over cash flow difficulties during purchase of inventory or store renewal. Additionally, ArthImpact offers Happy Loans (micro credit) to micro-merchants, for as short as 30 days. The main objective of this […]
