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This is the third post in our blog series on Long Term Debt Markets (LTDM) in the Indian context. In this post (and the next one) we discuss the evolution of LTDM in South Africa and identify key lessons for the Indian debt markets.
As part of our series of posts on Consumer Protection, in this post Deepti George of IFMR Finance Foundation interviews Denise Dias of CGAP. Denise specializes in prudential banking and microfinance regulation and supervision, and shares valuable insights with us in this interview.
On August 03, 2012, RBI came out with its ‘Non Banking Financial Company-Micro Finance Institutions’ (NBFC-MFIs) – Directions – Modifications’1 via which RBI has made changes to Directions issued on December 02, 2011 in light of representations received by it from NBFCs functioning in the microfinance sector.
This is the second post in our blog series on Long Term Debt Markets in the Indian context.
As part of the Consumer Protection series, below is the concluding part of the three-part interview with Kate McKee of CGAP.
Below is the second part of the three part interview with Kate McKee of CGAP. The interview is part of our Consumer Protection series.
As part of our series on consumer protection, we seek to present views of leading experts in the field. Here, in this three-part series, Deepti George of IFMR Finance Foundation interviews Kate McKee of CGAP.
This post marks the beginning of our new blog series on Long Term Debt Markets in the Indian context. In this series we will explore current status of the Indian debt market, importance and issues in relation to these markets, profile select developed debt markets and identify key learnings for the Indian debt market.
The Micro-insurance sector has been often in the news in the recent times. This is primarily because of IRDA’s recent recommendation towards an “everything product” approach for which the Life Insurance Council has been asked to prepare a blue-print.
While the corporate insolvency framework has seen a lot of activity, the individual insolvency framework in India consists merely of a pair of statutes legislated in the British era which today lie dormant for all practical purposes.
In all our research efforts, we strive to maintain an independent voice that speaks for the low-income household and household enterprises. Our ability to perform this function is significantly enhanced by our commitment to disseminate as a pure public good, all the intellectual capital that we create.
