Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

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Blogs

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

March 19, 2021 | Dvara Research

This casestudy showcases exclusion from the PDS leading to further exclusion from COVID-19 relief efforts targeted at ration cardholders

March 18, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this blog post, we analyse the VimoSEWA model in India, which shows the strength of community-level intervention and support

March 2, 2021 | Dvara Research

This post summarises the research findings from our recently concluded project on exclusion and grievance redress that was undertaken in collaboration with Gram Vaani et.al

By Aarushi Gupta
February 18, 2021 | Dvara Research

This post provides an overview of the financial consumer grievance redress system in India and highlights the issues that make it less effective and less consumer-friendly

By Chinmayanand Chivukula
February 16, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this post, we examine the concept of managed care and attempt to understand its relevance in the Indian context.

February 12, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this blog post, we summarise the results from survey conducted to understand the challenges faced by rural households' in accessing and using formal financial services

By Monami Dasgupta, Misha Sharma
February 11, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this blog post, we propose a framework that can be used to document the various axes of exclusion in DBT against the broad policy context

By Aarushi Gupta
February 3, 2021 | Dvara Research

Reports of growing debt stress among microfinance borrowers in Assam follows a similar path as those in AP. In this post we analysis this issue and provide possible solutions

December 30, 2020 | Dvara Research

Summarising the dominant trends from the year gone by.

By Dvara Research
December 24, 2020 | Dvara Research

In this post, we summarise the themes of HHF as articulated in a our working paper as well as comment on the gaps in a recent paper on HHF

By Monami Dasgupta