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We produce blogs to discuss new research findings, ongoing projects, and even personal reflections on the research process. Our blogs are written for a variety of audiences, including other researchers, policymakers, practitioners, financial service providers, grassroots organizations, impact investors and the public. The format is simple and easy to grasp. The language is straightforward, and the tone is non-academic. Our blogs can be of varying lengths. We choose to write a blog when we don’t want to do a full- fledged study or follow a rigorous research process. Blogs may contain opinions and they can also be based on experiences. Some of our blogs may just share some observations, learnings, or challenges.

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October 10, 2017 | Dvara Research

In the latest edition of The Securitisation & Structured Finance Handbook 2018 (published by Capital Markets Intelligence) Vishal Saxena and Dilip Mohan from IFMR Capital have authored a chapter as part of the publication. The chapter discusses an approach to estimate the loss distribution for a loan portfolio. This loss distribution can be used to […]

By Dvara Research
September 19, 2017 | Dvara Research

I was at an excellent behavioural finance conference organised by the Michigan University’s Centre on Finance, Law & Policy last week.

August 25, 2017 | Dvara Research

The Supreme Court of India’s judgment on the fundamental right to privacy yesterday, 24 August 2017, speaks directly to the sweeping changes we are witnessing in the way that the State and private companies use citizens’ personal data

August 22, 2017 | Dvara Research

Financial inclusion is not good in itself.We value financial inclusion as a means to an end.

August 10, 2017 | Dvara Research

In the first and second posts of this series on the three Future of Finance Initiative (FFI) workshops hosted in April, we focused on digital payments and digital credit respectively.

By The Future Of Finance Initiative
July 3, 2017 | Dvara Research

In the first post of this series on the three Future of Finance Initiative (FFI) workshops hosted in April, we focused on the workshop on digital payments.

By The Future Of Finance Initiative
June 23, 2017 | Dvara Research

The below table summarises, along some key dimensions, the stress testing methodologies adopted by the central banks in India, US, UK and EU to assess the stability of their banking system.

By Madhu Srinivas, Nishanth Kumar
May 30, 2017 | Dvara Research

In April, the Future of Finance Initiative (FFI) hosted a series of closed door workshops with a small set of digital financial service providers focusing on payments, credit and investments.

By The Future Of Finance Initiative
May 18, 2017 | Dvara Research

In the below video we share a brief conversation with Mr. Ulrich Hess, GIZ.

By Vipul Sekhsaria
May 10, 2017 | Dvara Research

Natural disasters leave behind them a tale of death and destruction that affects the economy on the whole and severely impacts communities, especially low-income households, which bear its brunt.

By Vipul Sekhsaria