As part of the 5th Dvara Research Conference on Household Finance primer series, in this post we discuss the theme 'Portfolios of Migrant Households'

In this set of videos, we discuss our work pertaining to exclusion and the delivery of social protection entitlements

In this brief, we look at how the financial portfolios of Indian households have changed over time, specifically between 2014 to 2020, using the Consumer Pyramid Household Survey collected and maintained by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy.

In this post, we cover the case of a daily wage worker in need of money, who turned to the programme, but failed to receive her wages

This paper seeks to understand the nature of harm emerging from personal data processing activities and its impact on user protection. To this end, the paper analyses how personal data-related harms are unique and distinct from other kinds of harms arising from torts, breach of contract, crime or defects in products and services.

This paper examines the increasing use of dark patterns in digital interfaces and the concerns they raise for consumer protection

This post reviews various sources of literature on how COVID-19 has affected migrant households & conclude by summarises some of the recommendations provided by sector experts

In this paper, we document the growing informalization of India’s labour force, and the consequences of this phenomenon for the state of social protection in India

In this paper, we assess the public disclosure regime of the Indian banking sector & provide our recommendations that RBI can consider implementing to enhance the transparency of disclosures

In this post, we revisit the issue of over-indebtedness in microfinance and provide a set of suggestions to address them