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2020 (16)

2019 (2)

29. November Mobiles for Mobilization: Can ICT innovations empower women?
29. November Has demonetisation fostered a ‘shift to digital’ for the banked poor

2017 (4)

08. October Promoting Energy Efficiency in India: A closer look at the Policy and Regulatory Framework
21. September How a Human Touch Agent Can Make a Difference in Promoting Digital Financial Services
04. July Shifting Gears: On RCTs and Beyond
28. June On MSME Day, recognizing the potential of Small Businesses in the Indian Economy

2016 (15)

24. October The Digital Age of Financial Services
24. October Can Big Data be Big in South Asia?
20. September Digitizing Self-Help Groups in India
21. June Assisted models of Digital Finance – a Stepping Stone?
07. June Revitalizing the Self-Help Group Movement in India
02. June Preliminary Findings from the KGFS Impact Evaluation Study
24. May Digital Finance in Bangladesh: Empowering or Excluding Women?
18. April Open Letter to Traffic Planners
04. March Using ICT to help MSME’s prosper – A qualitative insight of Mobile based financial training in Bangalore
29. February FinTech diffusion in India: Boon or Bane?
04. February A conversation on development with Kaushik Basu – Part 2
04. February A conversation on development with Kaushik Basu- Part 1
27. January Jan Dhan Yojana: Just another empty vessel making noise?
22. January A USAID report on behaviors and perceptions towards digital payments among consumers and merchants in India
07. January Child Care: Whose Responsibility is it?

2015 (39)

18. December Inclusive finance India summit 2015
14. December Fed's Rate Hike Done Deal; Policy Path Mechanics the Next Challenge
10. December COP 21: Passage across Climate Change Transition – The Need for INDIA to press for Equity
10. December Agriculture, finance and technology: what can Africa learn from India?
30. November Govt. inaction hurts RBI’s efforts, dismisses favorable International Environment
10. November Interview with Charity Moore on evidence based decision-making in India
06. November Why Aren’t India’s Women Working- The New York Times Op-ed
06. November IFMR LEAD at 3ie's Delhi Evidence Week 2015
02. November WASHing Poverty Away with Awareness and Investment
30. October 2015: The year of Digital and Financial Inclusion in India?
09. October Sa-Dhan's National Financial Inclusion Conference 2015, Day 2 Live (contd)
09. October Sa-Dhan's National Financial Inclusion Conference 2015, Day 2 Live
08. October Sa-Dhan's National Financial Inclusion Conference 2015, Day 1 Live: Part 2
08. October Sa-Dhan's National Financial Inclusion Conference 2015, Day 1 Live
15. September What is Open Data and why is it important for development?
10. September Basic field research pitfalls that sabotage our research
03. September Soil Economics – The "Science" in the economics
03. September Amma in your face
10. August Financiers in the Informal Moneylending Market
04. August The Staff behind the Story: Power of grassroots staff in achieving India’s development goals
03. July Can Mobile Technology Bolster the Indian MSME Sector?
01. July Exploring New Trends: Data Visualization for Everyone
16. June Dr. Andre Butler on climate change and poverty
29. May Barriers to basic banking in India
07. May Chennai should levy Rs 30 per trip as congestion charge
24. April What does Global Findex Database 2014 tell about Financial Inclusion in India? Improved, but a long way to go…!
23. April Please spare a few minutes! Short Survey by IFMR LEAD on Open Government Data Initiative in India
22. April Experimenting with piggy banks for livelihoods
16. April From the diary of a novice researcher
15. April Us and Them (Pink Floyd, 1973)
05. March impact on early childhood development outcomes
27. February Skilling India – Towards a Robust Qualification Framework for Training Programs
12. February CAB Conference 2015 – Translating Research into Policy and Action
12. February Big and small ideas in development economics: Theory, evidence and practice
10. February Giorgia Barboni on her Research Experience in India
05. February Promoting Energy Efficiency in India
04. February Usability Testing: Your Questions Answered
04. February Demand and Adoption of Innovation- Mobile based services
08. January Financial literacy: When, what and how

2014 (35)

2013 (69)

20. December Microfinance India Summit 2013 – SHG Bank Linkage – Applying the Responsible Financial Lens
18. December Microfinance India Summit 2013 – SHG Bank Linkage – Optimizing the potential
10. December Microfinance India Summit 2013 – Financial Inclusion Vision 2020
10. December Microfinance India Summit 2013 – Release of the State of the Sector Report
03. December The Milaap Summit
14. November Price Information: Leading to Roads Less taken
07. November “Development as Freedom” – Amartya Sen’s Grand Reconception of Development
04. November Comments on the Implementation of the Indian Government’s Welfare Schemes
31. October India's Invisible Population
29. October Impact of Access to Finance: Network Level Effects
21. October KGFS Harvest Diary: Lessons From the Field
17. October Designing a Harvest Diary
15. October The Challenges in Collecting Self-Reported Agricultural Data
09. October Strands of Data – Understanding the Impact of Financial Access on Stress
08. October Blogpost Series on KGFS
07. October Procedures and Suggestions for Field-based Surveying
03. October Mid Day Meals in India
01. October Milking Savings Accounts: Cash, Cows and a Lack of Financial Intermediaries
27. September The Risks Posed to our Surveyors
25. September Who are the poor? An experience with a community based approach
23. September State-Wise Database of Government Welfare Schemes
18. September Access is Not Enough
12. September India Place Finder – A cutting edge GIS tool
09. September Great Expectations for the Financial Inclusion Agenda
05. September How do Indians use their gold loans?
03. September Internal Migration: Transmuting Rural India's Population
30. August "So What Do I Get From This?"
27. August The Difficulty of Second-Hand Information in Development
20. August Take-two of the BC Model
13. August The Art of Process Evaluation
08. August Islamic Banking and Barriers to Adoption in India
05. August Willingness to Pay – Short Note on TIOLI and BDM
01. August BRICKS-Bridging the Quality Gaps
26. July The Need for Ruralization
23. July Using “Case Studies through Participatory Evaluation” as a complement to Quantitative Research
19. July Understanding the Long Term Objectives of Microfinance – A Study on Client Graduation
12. July Impact Evaluation Culture
10. July Old and Poor
08. July Banking Licenses in India – Inviting them all
05. July What is Livelihoods?
04. July A report on the Implementation of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission – Aajeevika: In Tamil Nadu.
01. July Is the Food Security Bill the answer to India’s hunger and malnutrition problems?
28. June An Average Ravichandran
27. June The Other Tragedy at Uttarakhand
26. June Financial Inclusion – The Challenges of Implementation
21. June The Minds Behind MOOCs
20. June No Country For Women!
19. June Why do Indians buy gold?
19. June Welcome to the new IFMR Research Blog!
08. March Getting the Problem Right
07. March Going to the Roots – Budget 2013's focus on Agriculture
26. February A day in the life of a tribal village market (Haat)…!
21. February A mother's plea to her Government
19. February Farm Credit in Pakistan: Benefiting Farmer segments
13. February History of Agricultural Credit in India – Timeline
11. February MFIs: Creating Slaves to Microfinance or Becoming the Saviors?
11. February Why do farmers need more loans?
06. February Data Everywhere and Nowhere to Go
04. February Agricultural Financing Theme Special – Feb to Mar 2013
04. February Lest We Forget
31. January Newsletter Article: Issue #18 – Compelling to Save
31. January Newsletter Article, Issue #18: Saving against all odds – A Savings Story from the field
31. January Newsletter Article, Issue #18: Know the Organization – Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL)
31. January Newsletter Article, Issue #18: Avaaj Otalo: Evaluating the effectiveness of a mobile-based extension service
24. January Reporting live from Satara – HDI through field glasses
22. January What scheme would you like? – Let's ask the poor ..
21. January Hard work isn't enough..
21. January A Platform for Knowledge – Enabling people to learn ..
09. January Vocationalisation of education in India: Current Scenario, Key Challenges and New directions

2012 (102)

27. December Rockstar of Financial Inclusion: Business Correspondent Model of India
26. December Savings Video Documentary by CMF – How do poor people save?
14. December A Short Message from the Avaaj Otalo Project…
11. December A ride to remote reality
11. December Understanding Agricultural Credit and Financing
05. December Morning reality check
04. December Why Government’s Rush to Use Aadhar-linked Benefit Transfers Could Derail the World’s Largest Unique ID Project
30. November Understanding Savings Monitors
29. November Building a Microfinance Sector that is Accessible to Persons with Disabilities
28. November Leveraging the Cooperative Infrastructure: Potential for Delivering Microfinance Services
28. November What Does the Poor Need?: Aligning Products and Services
27. November ACCESS Conference: Reducing Vulnerability of the Poor -Health Insurance
27. November Microfinance India Summit 2012: “Financial Streams Dry Up!”
27. November Banking on Self Help Groups: What Can We Learn For Its Second Stage Strategy
27. November SPARK Presentation: Savings Products – Understanding What Works
26. November Understanding Chhattisgarh’s livelihood landscapes through PRADAN’s initiative
20. November Is Safe Box all you need to save towards the next savings goal?
19. November Analyzing the BC Model (Part IV) – Policy Recommendations to Improve its Functionality
18. November Financing higher education in India – Education Loans can never be the only solution
18. November Problems with Financing Higher Education in India
16. November How is higher education financed in India?
16. November HiH Self-Help Group Training – Dreaming Big!!
15. November Informally Successful? – A Fish-seller's Tale
14. November Data vs Ideology – what works for the poor?
12. November To Commit or not to Commit: Perspectives from a Research Paper
12. November Improving public welfare programs through village participation
12. November Shanti’s Savings Story – Moving from informal finance to formal finance
08. November Why can't Saraswati save? Understanding her dilemma!
05. November Who are we saving? What are we saving?
02. November Can “Text Messages” from the Bank help you save more?
01. November Analyzing the BC Model (Part III) Why isn't it Working? – Assymetry Between the Model and Agent/Client Needs
29. October A sense of place
29. October Analyzing the BC Model (Part II) Why isn’t it working? – Dormancy of No-Frills Accounts
25. October Analyzing the Business Correspondent Model (Part I) – Why BCs?
25. October RBI constitutes High Level Financial Inclusion Advisory Committee
24. October Treated Bednets – Dealing with mosquitoes; Where is the problem?
24. October Some Special Memories
19. October Stealing from the ultra-poor: Combined assault on morality and economics
19. October Hand in Hand- Profile of CMF's Partner Organisation
18. October Remembering the Field
17. October Re-imagining Policy
16. October Tick Tock, Preference Shock
12. October What was the “Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief” Scheme about?
12. October Agricultural Financing – Potential for Innovations ?
11. October Making the case for Financial Literacy – Why is FE critical for the vulnerable clients in India – Opinions from the field (PART III)
10. October Finance-wise, how wise?
05. October Newsletter Article – A Closer Look at the Financial Viability of the BC Model
05. October Newsletter Article – Making the case for Financial Literacy – Why is FE critical for the vulnerable clients in India – Opinions from the field
05. October Newsletter Article – Social Security for the Aam Aadmi
05. October Newsletter Article – Futures Price Information for Small and Medium Farmers
03. October Making the case for Financial Literacy – What is CMF doing to address the FE challenges? (PART II)
03. October Qualitative Research: Something more than mere description
26. September Making the case for Financial Literacy – Understanding and Addressing Challenges (PART 1)
20. September Business Correspondent might help but do they know about it?
17. September CMF Policy Brief: Can Formal Banking raise the incomes of the poor?
14. September Business Training: helping hand to the poor?
04. September Debunking Remittances – Global and Indian perspectives
28. August Financially Included…In Reality Excluded..!
22. August Banks at your doorstep: how good is the BC model?
16. August Rise of the Tier-II Banks?
08. August Financial Inclusion Conference 2012 – Summary of Day Two
08. August Hedging Against Yourself
07. August Microfinance and Inclusive Growth: What are the measures of Success or learning?
07. August Financial Inclusion Conference 2012 – Summary of Day One
03. August Eye in the Sky – Role of Government – Intervene, Interrupt or Supervise?
30. July Tiruchirappalli – it's a mouthful isn't it? Thoughts of an intern from the field
27. July Are RCTs Enough?
20. July To Research or not?
19. July State steps in to insure?
11. July Newsletter Article – What is Rainfall Insurance? Advantages and Key Bottlenecks
11. July Newsletter Article – Microsavings – Marketing and Impact Experiments
11. July Newsletter Article – Measuring Financial Literacy
11. July Newsletter Article – Rethinking RBI’s Regulations for MFIs
11. July Newsletter Article – CMF's E-Platform
11. July Newsletter Article – Digital Data Collection – Experiences from Uttar Pradesh
09. July Digital Data Collection Vs. Data Collection on Paper
05. July News Summary: MFIs still struggling to get funds..!
03. July Introducing CMF's Thematic Factsheets
03. July Is microfinance responsible for everything?
02. July Where do Interventions Come From?
02. July Microfinance – new direction or lost in implementation?
29. June MBVF and MFI: Similar yet Different?
28. June Savings Dilemma
21. June Short-Sighted on Regulation?
06. June Microcredit: Hero or Anti-Hero?
31. May Map of Microfinance Distribution in India
25. May Microfinance Bill- Frequently Asked Questions
11. May Saved by the Bill?
11. May Funding to the microfinance sector: Review of options
30. April Involving Students in Social Science Experiments
12. April How are farmers insured? Thoughts for the next time you purchase rice…
09. April A better harvest for Indian farmers – just a phone call away?
05. April Poverty Line – Where is it anyway?
01. April Some recent articles and media related to microfinance and financial inclusion
22. March India’s new poverty numbers
19. March Why Index-Based Insurance Could Work
28. February The Great AP Microfinance Catharsis
25. February Notes from a Conference
23. February Golden Path to Savings?
21. February Are the RBI’s financial inclusion policies too conservative?
17. February Who will pay for Financial Literacy?
16. February A letter from a MFI Client