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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
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 two village women glaring at each other
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 Akhand Tiwari, Abhishek Gupta | 4 min read
Muhammad Yunus Profile
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
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
woman weaving mats financial inclusion
March 6, 2018
Financial inclusion: The key to closing India’s gender gap
Financial inclusion is one of the most effective accelerators of economic participation by women; it is therefore important to design products that help women overcome barriers to access and inclusion.
by Mary Ellen Iskenderian | 5 min read
Group of women panchayat leaders
February 20, 2018
Give women credit
This article features insights from a series of experiments in India that explored how microfinance can be refined to strengthen its beneficial impact for the world’s poorest women.
by Erica Field, Rohini Pande | 5 min read
India's extreme poor - Sashirekha Nayak tailoring Chandranagar branch
February 6, 2018
Photo essay: Using evidence to uplift India’s extreme poor
As India aims to uplift its extreme poor by 2022, evidenced based approaches need to inform government policies for large-scale solutions.
by Neelima Mishra | 4 min read
Microfinance women counting money
July 3, 2017
Are we paying enough attention to the microfinance customer?
Without access to savings and insurance, vulnerable households are likely to take as much debt as they can from MFIs (and now banks). A more holistic approach to financial inclusion will help avoid another bad debt crisis.
by Veena Mankar | 5 min read
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