Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

Understanding the KGFS customer: Customer and Household Demographics

(This is the first of a series of posts titled “Understanding the KGFS Customer”. The authors will attempt to understand the lives of enrolled customers of Kshetriya Gramin Financial Services (KGFS) by exploring the datasets in the Customer Management System (CMS) being used at KGFS.

IFMR Trust Chairman’s Message, Annual Report 2010-11

Financial inclusion is not a new goal for India and it has always been the stated aim of financial sector policy to seek to include four critical segments: project finance, small and medium enterprises, low-income households and farmers.

Editor’s pick

As we enter the second half of 2011, here are our Editor’s pick from the IFMR Blog over the past 6 months.

The rich invest in the poor

The recent securitisation transaction completed by IFMR Capital was a landmark deal in the microfinance sector. It was a Rs. 108 Mn rated securitisation transaction backed by microloans originated by Grama Vidiyal Micro Finance Limited.