August 31, 2012 | Dvara Research
The principal goal of this conference series is to create a platform to discuss issues of significant importance to the future of the Indian financial system that interested researchers in India as well as elsewhere can start to explore and present solutions for.
September 12, 2011 | Dvara Research
Mr N Vaghul, chairman emeritus of ICICI Bank, recently delivered the Talwar Memorial Lecture on the topic “The Future of Finance in India”.
December 10, 2010 | Dvara Research
In this paper, we present two stylized models of the financial system. We make the case that in order to realize the potential of a well-functioning complete financial market, financial system designers and financial service providers will need to think about ways to deliver financial propositions that are customized to individual households by responding to their unique circumstances.
By Dr. Nachiket Mor, Suyash Rai,
Bindu Ananth, Dvara Research
June 16, 2010 | Dvara Research
Indian economic policy emphasises achieving high growth rates coupled with ensuring that the poor are able to participate in the market economy. This inclusion agenda has that many implications for the field of finance.
October 19, 2009 | Dvara Research
The IFMR Trust is interested in finding practical solutions to challenges faced in the delivery of services across the areas in which it is involved.
May 30, 2009 | Dvara Research
Microcredit has spread extremely rapidly since its beginnings in the late 1970s, but whether and how much it helps the poor is the subject of intense debate. This paper reports on the first randomized evaluation of the impact of introducing microcredit in a new market. Half of 104 slums in Hyderabad, India were randomly selected for opening of an MFI branch while the remainder were not.
By Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, Cynthia Kinnan