Giorgia Barboni on her Research Experience in India
Giorgia Barboni is a Principle Investigator on a few IFMR LEAD projects. She was recently in India conducting research work. We took this o...
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Understanding the Long Term Objectives of Microfinance - A Study on Client Graduation
With recent developments in the banking Industry regarding the Reserve Bank of India’s call for applications for bank licenses,...
MFIs: Creating Slaves to Microfinance or Becoming the Saviors?
Author: Surabhi Agrawal With an even-fisted force in the air, he yells, “We are not a slave to your microfinance!” and storms off to the...
Rockstar of Financial Inclusion: Business Correspondent Model of India
About Author : Jatinder Handoo is a social business enthusiast and a branchless banking practitioner. Currently works at FINO PayTech...
Building a Microfinance Sector that is Accessible to Persons with Disabilities
2:02: We begin with: Harisha Varatharajah from Handicap International. Attitudinal barriers to people with disabilities in microfinance. ...
Leveraging the Cooperative Infrastructure: Potential for Delivering Microfinance Services
11:47: Cooperative banks were the first; NABARD promotes connections between SHGs & cooperative banks. We’re trying to get people to ...
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Treated Bednets - Dealing with mosquitoes; Where is the problem?
Well, this week has been festive not just as per the Indian calendar alone, the weather in Madras has been rather pleasant with consistent...
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...
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...
Is microfinance responsible for everything?
" Profiteers have hijacked the microfinance ".. that is what a new book written by Hugh Sinclair alleges. I am not denying th...
Where do Interventions Come From?
I came across a reference to a paper that was written in the 1800s (in Dublin), where the researcher attempted to help the poor in his...
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...
Microcredit: Hero or Anti-Hero?
Is the glass half empty or half full? For the meaning of this phrase, click here
Map of Microfinance Distribution in India
Author: Deepti Kc If you are interested in understanding financial inclusion in India, have you ever wondered about the penetration ...
Saved by the Bill?
Author: Deepti Kc SKS has shut down branches in Andhra Pradesh and according to Times of India article, “1200 people will lose jobs...
Funding to the microfinance sector: Review of options
Guest Article by : Jayshree Venkatesan, CEO, IFMR Mezzanine and Vineet Sukumar, Head, Treasury and Origination, IFMR Capital Background...
Some recent articles and media related to microfinance and financial inclusion
Author: Shardul Oza
Notes from a Conference
The Centre for Micro Finance (CMF) and the College of Agricultural Banking (CAB) organized the 5th round of the annual conference title...
Are the RBI’s financial inclusion policies too conservative?
Author: Shardul Oza A recent article in The Economist discusses the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s record over the last ten to fiftee...
A letter from a MFI Client
Dear regulators, policymakers and other stakeholders: I am a MFI client from an urban slum, and yes I have taken loans from 2-3 MFIs...
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