A Randomized Evaluation of Financial Services in Tamil Nadu
A recent report titled “Latest findings from Randomized Evaluations of microfinance” by Jonathan Bauchet, Cristoball Marshall, Laura Starita, Jeanette Thomas and Anna Yalouris, throws a lot of interesting insights into the realm of randomized evaluations and how they are being increasingly used by researchers across the globe to better understand financial services for the poor and the impacts achieved when an appropriate financial intervention is introduced.
Panchayat Finances and the Need for Devolutions from the State Government
In the current edition of Economic & Political Weekly, Anand Sahasranaman of IFMR Finance Foundation has published a paper on Panchayat Finances based on an analysis of three villages – Pallavapuram, Pandiyapuram and Cholapuram in rural Tamil Nadu
Five Years of Researching Financial Services for the Poor – CMF Report
The Centre for Micro Finance, IFMR Research, published its latest report “Five Years of Researching Financial Services for the Poor” at its recently concluded annual conference held in association with RBI’s College of Agricultural Banking.
Microfinance: Translating Research into Practice – Conference
RBI’s College of Agricultural Banking together with the Centre for Micro Finance, IFMR Research will host their fifth annual conference, “Microfinance: Translating Research into Practice” on January 9th and 10th 2012 in Pune.
Top 5 Game changers for the Indian financial system in 2011
Here are our picks:
1. De-regulation of savings account interest rates
Financial Inclusion and the Urban Economy – IUC 2011
India is rapidly urbanizing and the rate of urbanization is expected to climb steeply over the next few decades. The urban population of India will be close to 600 million by 2030, as compared to 340 million in 2008.
Theory of Consumer Protection II: Insights from Behavioral Economics
In the second blog in the Consumer Financial Protection series, we explore insights from behavioral economics that could fundamentally impact the design of legislation and regulation for consumer protection in finance.
Why small is not beautiful when it comes to savings?
A recent article in the Economist notes approvingly about the growing phenomenon of Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) as a means for low-income clients to save securely and earn high returns.
The Theory of Consumer Protection – Part I
IFMR Finance Foundation is working on the agenda of consumer protection in finance as part of its mandate on financial systems design.
Response to the Report of the Working Group on the Issues and Concerns in the NBFC Sector
NBFCs play a critical role in furthering the goal of financial inclusion. It is our view that in order to make access to financial services universal, while ensuring systemic stability, we need to build on the separate natural strengths of banks and NBFCs.
