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microfinance

A Warli painting depicting a village community-returnable grant
August 4, 2022
Returnable grants: Securing the financially vulnerable
The returnable grant offers an interest-free solution that can help India's economically vulnerable withstand pandemic-induced financial shocks.
by Evans Rebello, Noshir Dadrawala | 5 min read
A stack of coins-savings low-income families
August 12, 2021
Three ways to promote savings among low-income families
Despite the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana's success in increasing bank account registrations, many Indians still don’t trust banks with their savings. How can this change?
by Palak Jain | 6 min read
three women looking at a smartphone and smiling-
August 10, 2021
When women are celebrated, things change
Chetna Gala Sinha of Mann Deshi talks about why we urgently need an ecosystem that provides access to capital, resources, and support for women micro-entrepreneurs.
by Sharanya Menon, Smarinita Shetty | 8 min read
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June 9, 2021
Public scheme, private risk
by Bijal Brahmbhatt | 2 min read
Jobs crisis in rural India
October 17, 2019
Are livelihoods nonprofits losing their relevance?
With young India's needs being better served by the market today, nonprofits run the risk of being crowded out by social businesses.
by Anish Kumar | 5 min read
A woman with a financial accounts book Photo courtesy: Pixabay
August 1, 2019
The missing women in finance
Women comprise a very small proportion of the financial industry workforce, and this has implications on the way female clients use and benefit from financial services.
by Renana Jhabvala, Sonal Sharma, Soumya Kapoor Mehta | 5 min read
Closeup of women sitting next to each other- Photo courtesy: Charlotte Anderson
October 23, 2018
Designing financial products for women
Current financial service models conflate women with ‘family’, considering them merely an avenue to pursue social welfare.
by Abhishek Gupta, Akhand Tiwari | 4 min read
Profile of Muhammad Yunus-social and equitable world-Picture courtesy: Nasir Ali Mamun/Yunus Centre
August 9, 2018
IDR Interviews | Muhammad Yunus
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus talks about what it will take to create a just and more equal world, and the power of individuals to bring about this change.
by Devanshi Vaid, Smarinita Shetty | 7 min read
MFIs
July 11, 2018
Increasing the profitability of MFIs
The autonomy, or at least the opinion, of women in financial decisions affects the bottom line of MFIs.
by Rahul Sinha, Wamiq Zia | 3 min read
A woman vegetable vendor-microenterprise growth
May 15, 2018
What happens when investments targeting women’s microbusinesses go to men?
Studies find that male-operated--but not female-operated--microenterprises benefit from access to grants or loans. But these analyses overlook that female entrepreneurs often invest in a household business that is not owned by them.
by Ideas for India | 5 min read
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