Publications

Digital Solutions for SHGs in Chhattisgarh – The COVID-19 Pandemic: Project Modifications and Learnings

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Focus Area: Financial Inclusion

Initiative for What Works to Advance Women and Girls in the Economy, an initiative of LEAD, is working with the Chhattisgarh State Rural Livelihoods Mission (SRLM) and Haqdarshak Empowerment Solutions Private Limited (HESPL) to train SHG members on a digital application, which can enhance their livelihood options. This learning note presents insights on the implementation process and includes the adaptations and modifications incorporated as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Phone Surveys and Sensitive Behaviour Reporting: Evidence from a Methods Experiment in India

2020 - Sujatha Srinivasan, Geetanjali GK, Anup Roy
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Focus Area: Institutions

This report presents insights from a study that examines the efficacy of phone surveys relative to in-person surveys in sensitive behaviour reporting within the Indian context. It also seeks to understand cost variations in phone surveys, relative to in-person surveys.

Father Involvement in Early Childhood Care: Insights From a MEL System in a Behavior Change Intervention Among Rural Indian Parents

2020 - Sapna Nair, Shivani Chandramohan, Nandhini Sundaravathanam, Arvind Balaji Rajasekaran, Rathish Sekhar
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Focus Area: Health

This paper discusses the design, implementation and results of a study that tested the impact of techno-social innovations in improving the involvement of fathers in child-care and on child development outcomes, through its monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) framework.

Impact Of Covid On Microbusinesses: A Gender Perspective

2020 - Kanika Joshi
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Focus Area: MSME & Entrepreneurship

LEAD at Krea university in partnership with the Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship is conducting a national level COVID-19 impact study which aims to capture the status of micro- enterprises in India during the current crisis. This case study captures the impact of the crisis on women enterprises.

Women Entrepreneurs as the Powerhouse of Recovery

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Focus Area: MSME & Entrepreneurship, Financial Inclusion

Drawing on research undertaken by LEAD at Krea University and IWWAGE, this report presents evidence on the social, economic and structural barriers that inhibit the growth of women-led enterprises in India, and the impact of COVID-19 on their businesses. The report also highlights strategies to encourage women entrepreneurs through targeted policies and programs.