This is the fourth in the series of posts under the topic “Understanding the KGFS Customer”. The authors, Sowmya Vedula and Shilpa Sathe of IFMR Rural Finance, present data regarding occupations of KGFS customer.

To considerably expand access to capital for financially under-served households, IFMR Capital is organizing its first Partner’s meet on the 22nd and 23rd November. The meet will provide a platform to participants for reflection, dialogue and action.

These are some of my observations from a conference that I attended recently organised by the National Community Investment Fund (NCIF) for a specific class of US institutions: CDFI (Community Development Financial Institutions) Banks.

An asset becomes non-performing when it ceases to generate income for the bank. In India, a Non-Performing Asset (NPA) is broadly defined as one with interest or principal repayment instalment unpaid for more than 90 days.

The International Growth Centre at the London School of Economics (LSE) is an institution that offers independent advice on economic growth to governments of developing countries.

Following the release of a discussion paper on deregulation of savings bank deposit interest rates, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has in its second quarterly review of Monetary Policy 2011-12, deregulated savings bank deposit rates with immediate effect.

In this third post under the series “Understanding the KGFS Customer” we present data regarding expenditure patterns of rural households enrolled with KGFS.

The IFMR Financial Systems Design Conference 2011 was organised into three main sessions for discussions – Origination, Risk Transmission and Risk Aggregation.

I had a fascinating meeting today with Gayathri, CEO of LabourNet Services that reminded me of some fundamental challenges in financial inclusion.

As promised in our earlier post that briefly notified the conclusion of the IFMR Financial Systems Design Conference 2011, we will be sharing a summary of the deliberations that happened.