Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

December 7, 2012 | Dvara Research

The previous post delineated the Indian context for finance and suitability as part of our Consumer Protection series. This post delves deeper into the conceptual discussions on suitability as the new paradigm for financial sector regulation in India.

By Vishnu Prasad, IFMR Finance Foundation
December 3, 2012 | Dvara Research

This post takes off from where our article on the current status of Indian debt markets ended. The peculiar issue with the Indian corporate debt market is not that it faces challenges due to a lack of adequate infrastructure.

By Satya Srinivasan, Rajeswari Sengupta, Mohammed Irfan
November 29, 2012 | Dvara Research

This post aims to establish the conceptual justification for why suitability should form the central principle underlying consumer protection in India. The following posts in the three part series will dive deeper into the implementation aspects of ‘suitability’.

By Darshana Rajendran
November 26, 2012 | Dvara Research

As part of our series on Unemployment Support in India, this blog post explores the unemployment insurance schemes in Hungary and Poland.

By Vishnu Prasad
November 22, 2012 | Dvara Research

This is the beginning of a series of blogs on the Municipal Finance scenario in India. In the first post we look at the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, the rationale behind it and its intentions.

By Anand Sahasranaman
November 18, 2012

How can we design a financial product for a farmer that is exactly suited to his requirement? The answer lies in understanding the utilisation of the product.

November 14, 2012

Nachiket Mor and Bindu Ananth were invited by Columbia University to share some of our thinking and work on consumer finance in India.

November 9, 2012 | Dvara Research

The recent approach paper of the Financial Services Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) has brought a fresh focus on consumer protection.

By Anand Sahasranaman
November 6, 2012

Equitas Microfinance India (formerly Singhivi Investment & Finance), one of the country’s leading microfinance companies, recently concluded a large securitisation deal totalling INR 78.95 crores. ‘Zeus IFMR Capital 2012’, a special purpose vehicle created for the transaction has issued two tranches of PTCs, the senior of which was rated A (SO) and the junior BBB (SO) by CRISIL

October 31, 2012 | Dvara Research

This is the first post in the Unemployment Support in India series. In this series, we will explore the unemployment support mechanisms in India today;

By Anand Sahasranaman