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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.

Our Work

October 5, 2015 | Dvara Research

The previous blog post in this series had presented some insights from our review of case law relating to financial products and services.

September 26, 2015 | Dvara Research

In the previous post we had covered the keynote address delivered by Mr. Nandan Nilekani at the IFMR Holdings Event, 2015.

By Dvara Research
September 22, 2015 | Dvara Research

To mark the recent partnership with Accion, LeapFrog & Lok Capital to scale up our financial inclusion platform, IFMR Holdings earlier this month hosted prominent leaders from the financial services industry, partners and key investors at an event held in Mumbai.

By Dvara Research
September 7, 2015 | Dvara Research

It is not often that the Supreme Court of India becomes disgruntled by the death of a buffalo. In September 2012, the highest court of the land found itself in just this situation following the death of an insured animal.

August 28, 2015 | Dvara Research

Loan repayment behaviour differs across asset classes based on borrower profile, purpose of loan, geography and nature of security, if any.

By Vaibhav Anand
August 20, 2015 | Dvara Research

Yesterday, the RBI announced in-principle Payment Bank licenses for eleven applicants. To put things in perspective, there were two new bank licenses in the last decade.

August 7, 2015 | Dvara Research

In the previous post of the blog series on financial depth, we attempted to understand the nature of the relationship between financial depth and economic growth.

By Nishanth Kumar, Irene Baby
July 31, 2015 | Dvara Research

This is the first post in our blog series on the concept of financial depth and the various methods to measure it. The introductory post summarizes the literature pertaining to the significance of financial depth.

By Nishanth Kumar, Irene Baby
July 20, 2015 | Dvara Research

The post focuses on the specific differences in client’s response to various aspects and attributes of micro-lending principles and practice, in rural and urban areas. It is based on observations* from the field visits done as part of our regular monitoring visits

By Aryasilpa Adhikari
July 12, 2015 | Dvara Research

This is the third post in our blog series on KGFS Model Incubation.

By Surabhi Mall