Sectors

Insights and analysis on specific sectors in the development arena. This section sheds light on what works and what doesn’t, distilling knowledge from peers, experts and the communities being served.

Agriculture

Where is the money for women farmers?

Nearly 80% of India's women workers are employed in the agrarian sector, yet the budget allocation and spending towards women farmers remains low.

by Sakshi Rai | 3 min read

by Anand Bang | 6 min read

Gender

The development sector glass ceiling

Women face a number of barriers in reaching leadership both structurally, as well as internally within organisations; and an uneven playing field is among the top challenges.

by Tara Rao | 4 min read

Scale

Questioning scale as we know it

Do we really understand scale, and the trade-offs we make in the pursuit of it?

by Ingrid Srinath | 6 min read

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Agriculture

Where is the money for women farmers?

Nearly 80% of India's women workers are employed in the agrarian sector, yet the budget allocation and spending towards women farmers remains low.

by Sakshi Rai | 3 min read

Education

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

Livelihoods

Women, work, and migration

Social barriers have historically been blamed for the lack of gender parity in the workplace. But there are other dimensions to this age-old discourse.

by Annette Francis, Dheeraj Dubey | 5 min read

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