Financial Well-being and Social Protection

This report captures lessons from a landscaping study on digital financial services in India and includes a repository of technology service providers operating across different sectors.

In this handbook, we bring forth perspectives from consumers – those who are at the receiving end of digital financial inclusion. We profile 12 categories of consumers based on gender, region of work (rural/ urban) and age group, and highlight … Read More

In this handbook, we bring forth perspectives from consumers – those who are at the receiving end of digital financial inclusion. We profile 12 categories of consumers based on gender, region of work (rural/ urban) and age group, and highlight … Read More

The report encapsulates results of a study on the impact of a microcredit product called “Happy Loans” on the business and family fronts of its clients, as well as on the extent of (digital) financial empowerment of this group.

In this paper, the authors examine the role of management in agricultural productivity, by evaluating a mobile-phone based agricultural advice service provided to farmers in India. Demand for advice is high; and advice changes practices, increasing yields in cumin (28%) … Read More

In many developing countries, women are prevented to take full advantage of the benefits of living in an urban area. In India, while one of every two men participates in the labor market, it is the case just for one … Read More

This factsheet presents evidence from a recent IFMR LEAD, BIGD, IGC feasibility study on utilizing a mobile money platform to deliver cash transfers to vulnerable populations, in Northwest Bangladesh.

In this paper, authors share findings from a series of field experiments to evaluate the quality of advice provided by life insurance agents in India. Agents overwhelmingly recommend unsuitable, strictly dominated products, which provide high commissions to the agent. Agents … Read More

The Government of India and the RBI have taken various measures to promote and deepen financial inclusion in India. One of the more recent and innovative channels of increasing financial inclusion has been through kiosk banking. The study seeks to … Read More

This report presents findings from a study that examines determinants of long-term savings among low-income households through marketing interventions and incentives.