Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

June 6, 2016 | Dvara Research

The role of data in shaping public perception and informing policy decisions cannot be emphasised enough. Given the shift towards increasing digitisation and an influx of data points that is now available in the public domain,

By Nishanth Kumar
June 1, 2016

Happy Birthday Pudhuaaru KGFS, and if we may say so as an objective evaluation team: Many happy returns (in every sense of the word)!

May 23, 2016 | Dvara Research

As we saw in the previous post, seasonal migrant workers and their families face several endemic disadvantages, both at source and destination.

By Rupal Kulkarni
May 16, 2016 | Dvara Research

“Why did I migrate? Because it’s a question of my survival, my family’s survival” – Mogji Meena, Limdi Village, Aaspur Block, Dungarpur District, Rajasthan

By Divya Varma
May 9, 2016 | Dvara Research

The Indian financial sector is poised for sweeping changes to traditional models and we look to embrace game-changing developments in institutional form and digital infrastructure.

By Vaishnavi Prathap
May 4, 2016 | Dvara Research

In this blog post we interview Elisabeth Rhyne, MD, Center for Financial Inclusion, Accion, and co-author of the recently published study “A Change in Behavior: Innovations in Financial Capability”.

By Dvara Research
April 27, 2016 | Dvara Research

This post is the next in the credit depth series. While the previous post covered trends in Credit-to-GDP variable for the districts of Tamil Nadu, this post will elucidate trends related to Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR, henceforth referred to as growth rate)1 of Credit, Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) and Credit-to-GDP variables.

By Nishanth Kumar, Irene Baby
April 21, 2016 | Dvara Research

Last week, the leadership team of the IFMR Group had an opportunity to visit Kenya and among other things, it was a fantastic opportunity for us to get a sense of the trajectory of Kenya’s financial sector development relative to ours in India.

April 11, 2016 | Dvara Research

In a recent interview with The Hindu Business Line, Sucharita Mukherjee, CEO, IFMR Holdings, talks about our wealth management approach and why is it at the heart of our financial services offering.

By Dvara Research
April 8, 2016 | Dvara Research

As part of IFMR Finance Foundation’s Financial Deepening & Household Finance Research Initiative, the National Stock Exchange & IFMR Finance Foundation recently hosted a two-day Inaugural Conference in Mumbai to present the results of the collaborative research effort underway and to obtain feedback on it.

By Dvara Research