Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

Mills, Sugarcane and Credit

The Centre for Innovative Financial Design (CIFD) recently entered the survey stage of a research project concentrating on the welfare of India’s sugarcane farmers. 

Financial inclusion needs friendlier products

Third in the series of articles in The Hindu Business Line, Puneet Gupta and Jayshree Venkatesan of IFMR Mezzanine  Finance write about some of the barriers to accessing finance.

Financial services matrix

The best of intentions get thwarted ever so often, simply because the co-ordination and communication required are absent.

Why would an MFI need an Appreciative Inquiry process?

“In 5 years, our village would have metal roads, hospitals and old-age homes to take care of the poor, the poor women who work for others now would become employers, giving employment opportunities to many other under-privileged people.

The gold standard of origination

Anil SG, CEO of IFMR Rural Finance, with an image of gold in its liquid form being molded into a solid state, as the initial slide, set the tempo for the topic being talked about at a recent Spark session – both visually and insightfully.

How access to finance can reduce poverty

Finance Matters – A fortnightly column by IFMR Finance Foundation in The Hindu Business Line will explore ways in which the power of finance can be unlocked for improving the wellbeing of millions of households.