Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

July 6, 2022 | Dvara Research

This blog post summarises literature regarding users who are most likely to face difficulties in using digital payments, and some design principles and best practices that could simplify digital payment interfaces.

By Srikara Prasad, Sarah Stanley
July 4, 2022 | Dvara Research

Our recently concluded State of Exclusion study finds that payment failures during the back-end processing of a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) payment are a significant concern. In this blog piece, we highlight the broad takeaways to help the reader better understand the landscape of payment failures.We also set out some broad recommendations to be taken into consideration by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to improve the chances of a successful DBT payment.

June 24, 2022 | Dvara Research

The Microfinance sector is gearing up for change as the recent RBI (Regulatory Framework for Microfinance Loans) Directions, 2022 has put in place comprehensive regulations to ensure customer protection

June 17, 2022 | Dvara Research

In this note, we discuss how the current approach of the PCA framework is inconsistent with the objectives it seeks to achieve.

June 16, 2022 | Moneycontrol

By requiring only limited public reporting on asset quality, banks in India have enjoyed a level of opacity that banks in other jurisdictions do not

June 14, 2022 | Dvara Research

This data book compiles trends on household participation in formal financial services over the last few years.

By Household Finance
June 3, 2022 | Dvara Research

This report, a compilation of all our key learnings from field engagements spanning 7 states, attempts to bring the last mile to the fore of policy discussions on social protection entitlements and their delivery.

By The Social Protection Initiative
June 3, 2022 | ThePrint

Large-scale scams in PM-Kisan suggest there's vast leakage in DBT advantages. While inclusion errors are being tracked, exclusion should take priority.

June 1, 2022 | Dvara Research

In this paper, we document the experience of Germany’s SHI system with managed competition and the challenges faced by this sub-system in faithfully implementing the principles of managed competition as originally envisioned by Enthoven.

May 6, 2022 | Future of Finance Initiative

India’s Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 (the Bill) was introduced in Parliament in December 2019, and is currently under consideration by a Joint Parliamentary Committee of MPs.

By Srikara Prasad, Anubhutie Singh, Sarah Stanley, Malavika Raghavan