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Indian school children eating_midday meal scheme

March 19, 2019

The correlation between midday meals and learning outcomes

The first study to examine the effects of midday meals on learning outcomes over a five year period finds a steady increase in test scores for children initially, after which the effects 'taper off'.

by Shreya Roy Chowdhury | 4 min read

Indian people gathered around a television-entertainment education

March 14, 2019

Seven ways to create entertainment with impact

Communicating a message through entertainment can be difficult, because you have to be careful not to preach to the audience, while keeping them engaged with the issue at hand.

by Anushka Shah, Kavindya Thennakoon | 6 min read

Indian women sorting peanuts

February 01, 2019

How to make Direct Benefit Transfers work for the people

Replacing India's Public Distribution System with Direct Benefit Transfers will improve efficiency, but shouldn't be implemented at the cost of individual choice.

by Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, Sandip Sukhtankar | 4 min read

mental health

January 16, 2019

Mental health at work

Creating workplaces that support the mental well-being of all staff—from frontline workers to senior management—is critical. Here are some practices that nonprofits follow.

by Ayesha Marfatia | 3 min read

September 04, 2018

Does bottom-up development work?

Though it may seem like an ideal paradigm—with community members themselves actively participating—the impact of community-driven development may not be as significant as it seems.

by India Development Review | 4 min read

Social Mapping -Tamil Nadu

June 05, 2018

What a research project taught us about Swachh Bharat Mission

The findings of a research-to-action project to assess the Swachh Bharat Mission underline the importance of using an extremely contextual, localised approach in implementation.

by Dr Annapoorna Ravichander, Varsha Pillai | 4 min read

Red Files-

March 20, 2018

Five tips to manage your finances better

Nonprofits can make significant savings in time and effort when they streamline their finances and create a culture of accountability within their various teams.

by Uthara Narayanan | 5 min read

programme implementation

March 14, 2018

Test and prepare before you implement

The best designed programmes sometimes falter on the ground because they skip an important stage: testing, and the preparatory work needed to get implementation right.

by Shireen Jejeebhoy | 5 min read

February 28, 2018

Bridging the gap between design and implementation

Designing a programme for scale and implementing it on the ground can be two different things altogether. Here are some lessons on the things to consider while taking a programme from research to reality.

by Ahmed Irfan, Sana Kazi | 3 min read

M&E For Nonprofits

January 18, 2018

M&E: Whose job is it anyway?

Should nonprofits entrust the monitoring and evaluation task to an internal team or rope in external experts? Here’s a three-point checklist to help you decide the best option for your organisation.

by Devyani Srinivasan | 5 min read

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