Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

July 6, 2010 | Dvara Research

Sucharita Mukherjee and Kirthi Rao talk about the importance of quality of underwriting standards in microfinance institutions. This is the first in a series of articles by the authors on the topic “Unearthing the real issues in microfinance".

By Sucharita Mukherjee, Kirthi Rao
July 6, 2010

There was an article published an Financial Chronicle about IFMR Capital and its future plans.

July 1, 2010

Business Correspondence (BC) model or the third-party agent banking was launched in 2006 in India, with the intent of increasing the ambit of the formal banking sector. Since its inception in 2006, various banks have promoted the BC model in all corners of the country.

June 29, 2010 | Dvara Research

The National Bureau of Economic Research recently published a working paper by Robert T. Jensen and Nolan H. Miller on this topic.

By Dvara Research
June 28, 2010

IFMR Capital completed its second securitisation transaction with Bengaluru based microfinance institution (MFI), Grameen Financial Services Private Limited (previously called Grameen Koota) on June 23rd.

June 23, 2010 | Dvara Research

Legend would have it that ‘a pen is mightier that sword’ and for good reason.

By Dvara Research
June 17, 2010 | Dvara Research

Last month the Wealth-Management Cross-Functional team had visited 15 households in Thanjavur to pilot the Wealth Management process.

By 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.

By Dvara Research
June 10, 2010

Today, the Center for Innovative Financial Design (CIFD) has launched the endline survey of its project on contract enforcement in water markets in rural Uttar Pradesh.

June 7, 2010 | Dvara Research

From Shylock to the neighborhood pawn-broker, money lenders have always been reviled for exploitative practices and prices in lending to the poor.

By C.A Farzana Najeeb, Rohit Mukkawa