Financial Well-being and Social Protection

The study provides insights into the different remittance channels that migrants opt for and the associated money-transfer costs they incur, to understand the various difficulties faced by migrants in transferring money within the country, despite considerable willingness to pay for safe and convenient mode of transfer. … Read More

This project captures and maps important policy-relevant information such as penetration of financial services and the salient models of microfinance in various states, districts, and areas of the country. … Read More

This study explores the potential and feasibility of agricultural insurance at the meso-level, which covers risk-aggregators such as banks, MFIs, and agribusinesses. … Read More

This study examines the nature and level of over-indebtedness among microfinance clients in selected cities of India, through measures of overindebtedness.  … Read More

This study analyses the challenges in the design and implementation of social security schemes and uses this understanding  to draw lessons for designing a comprehensive social security scheme for India. … Read More

A report on the state of equity investment in the microfinance sector in India and barriers to the future growth of equity investments in the sector. … Read More

This study evaluates the impact of a financial literacy training program delivered by business correspondents.  … Read More