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Tiruchirappalli - it's a mouthful isn't it? Thoughts of an intern from the field

Just a week ago, I had the opportunity to visit a rural village near Trichy, Tamil Nadu to assist with the pilot of an upcoming s...

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Are RCTs Enough?

I’ve noticed that the gold standard in Microfinance research seems to be the “randomized control trial”, offering an unsurpassed level of ...

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To Research or not?

For an institution such as the Centre for Microfinance, I am sure many factors are considered before a research project is initiated - is ...

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State steps in to insure?

Yesterday, I came across an interesting news article titled: 'Farmers to get weather, crop insurance from state insurers'. Click h...

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Newsletter Article - What is Rainfall Insurance? Advantages and Key Bottlenecks

Author - Dhruv Sood Despite the gradual increase in irrigation, almost 65% of the Indian agricultural sector still depends on erratic a...

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Newsletter Article - Microsavings - Marketing and Impact Experiments

The Centre for Microfinance (CMF) brings to the spotlight the research agenda in various facets of the financial inclusion agenda, includ...

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Newsletter Article - Measuring Financial Literacy

Author: Parul Agarwal The case of little response from the target population towards both t...

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Newsletter Article - Rethinking RBI’s Regulations for MFIs

Author: Deepti Kc The Microfinance Institutions Bill has been cleared by the Union Cabinet an...

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Newsletter Article - CMF's E-Platform

Author: Gedeon Lim Building on the success of our MRAP program, the Centre for Micro Finance (CMF) is proud to announce the latest mil...

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Newsletter Article - Digital Data Collection - Experiences from Uttar Pradesh

Authors - Sitaram Mukherjee, Mudita Tiwari In partnership with FINO, CMF is evaluating a door...

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Digital Data Collection Vs. Data Collection on Paper

While digital data collection is a significant departure from the usual paper and pen data collection method, there are both advantage...

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News Summary: MFIs still struggling to get funds..!

Microfinance news summary (June 15- June 30) According to the first edition of Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN)’s quarterly rep...

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Introducing CMF's Thematic Factsheets

Over the past seven years, the Centre for Microfinance (CMF) has conducted and implemented several impact evaluation studies, mostly using ...

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Is microfinance responsible for everything?

" Profiteers have hijacked the microfinance ".. that is what a new book written by Hu...

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Where do Interventions Come From?

I came across a reference to a paper that was written in the 1800s (in Dublin), where the rese...

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Microfinance - new direction or lost in implementation?

Some argue that microfinance alleviates poverty and some claim that microfinance causes over-indebtedness among the poor and thus, it has...

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