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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

Investigating the Impact of a Mobile-Based Agricultural Extension Service

LEAD’s policy brief describes lessons from a large-scale field experiment that has delivered mobile-phone-based agricultural information to cotton farmers in western India. … Read More

Index Insurance to Manage Weather Risk – A Long-term Experiment in Gujarat

This study involved a systematic review of the available empirical evidence on weather indexed insurance, to identify research priorities and inform policy action.  … Read More

Barriers to Basic Banking: Results From an Audit Study in South India

Study adopting a “mystery shopping approach” to identify constraints faced by customers when attempting to open BSBDA and other low-cost accounts in banks. … Read More

Experiments on Repayment Schedules in VWS, West Bengal

Study that examines the impact of introducing flexibility in repayment schedules on entrepreneurial activity and loan default. … Read More

Evaluating the Impact of Providing Information About Future Prices

This policy paper reports on a series of interventions designed to enable farmers to use information from futures markets with the goal of helping them improve agricultural planning and decision-making, reduce their risk exposure, and increase harvest time revenue. … Read More

Doubling Farmers’ Incomes: Issues and Strategies for Tamil Nadu

Study to assess current income levels of farmers and existing strategies for income increment in rural Tamil Nadu in order to present actionable items and policy recommendations in accordance with Tamil Nadu government’s objective of doubling farmer’s incomes. … Read More

Process Mapping and Evaluation of Digital Financial Services in India

This study reviews the current landscape of digital financial service offerings and regulations in India, and also brings forth demand-side perspectives on using these services.  … Read More

Empowering Women With Access to Affordable Child Care

With declining female labour force participation in India, this impact evaluation study aims to explore the influence of day care facilities on a range of social and economic outcomes on women and contribute to evidence in support of child care programmes for women empowerment. … 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