Consumer Protection: Recent developments on the supervisory front in Developing Countries
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.
A summary of NBFC-MFI Directions – August 2012
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.
Indian Corporate Debt Market: Current Status
This is the second post in our blog series on Long Term Debt Markets in the Indian context.
Consumer Protection: Recent developments on the regulatory front in Developing Countries – Part 3
As part of the Consumer Protection series, below is the concluding part of the three-part interview with Kate McKee of CGAP.
Consumer Protection: Recent developments on the regulatory front in Developing Countries – Part 2
Below is the second part of the three part interview with Kate McKee of CGAP. The interview is part of our Consumer Protection series.
Consumer Protection: Recent developments on the regulatory front in Developing Countries – Part 1
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.
Why do we need a long-term debt market?
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.
Perspective on IRDA’s proposed ‘everything product’
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.
Financing the Development of Small and Medium Cities
This paper makes a case for the concerted development of small and medium cities as the key focus in the strategy to ensure sustainable urbanisation in India.
The Individual Insolvency Framework in India
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.
