Close on the heels of launching its fourth KGFS, IFMR Rural Channels launched its fifth KGFS yesterday - Thenaaru Kshetriya Gramin Financial Services (KGFS) which would be serving the districts of Pudukkotai, Karur and Namakkal in Tamil Nadu.
A recent report titled “Latest findings from Randomized Evaluations of microfinance” by Jonathan Bauchet, Cristoball Marshall, Laura Starita, Jeanette Thomas and Anna Yalouris, throws a lot of interesting insights into the realm of randomized evaluations and how they are being increasingly used by researchers across the globe to better understand financial services for the poor and the impacts achieved when an appropriate financial intervention is introduced.
IIM Ahmedabad recently interviewed Bindu Ananth and Nachiket Mor for their publication 'The Efficient Frontier'. The publication was recently rebranded to mark the institute's Golden Jubilee year.
IFMR Rural Channels launched its fourth KGFS – Vellaru Kshetriya Gramin Financial Services to serve Ariyalur, Perambalur and Cuddalore districts of Tamil Nadu.
In the current edition of Economic & Political Weekly, Anand Sahasranaman of IFMR Finance Foundation has published a paper on Panchayat Finances based on an analysis of three villages - Pallavapuram, Pandiyapuram and Cholapuram in rural Tamil Nadu
Given the important role pensions play in the financial well-being of households, NPS-Lite, a pension plan geared towards economically disadvantaged populations, is crucial to achieving complete financial inclusion.
A recent article in the Harvard Business Review on new approaches to funding social enterprises cites IFMR Capital’s work in securitisation and structured finance of microfinance loan portfolios.
The Centre for Micro Finance, IFMR Research, published its latest report "Five Years of Researching Financial Services for the Poor" at its recently concluded annual conference held in association with RBI's College of Agricultural Banking.
IFMR Capital raised INR 360 Million through its first issuance of senior non-convertible debentures (NCDs) listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
RBI's College of Agricultural Banking together with the Centre for Micro Finance, IFMR Research will host their fifth annual conference, “Microfinance: Translating Research into Practice” on January 9th and 10th 2012 in Pune.
In all our research efforts, we strive to maintain an independent voice that speaks for the low-income household and household enterprises. Our ability to perform this function is significantly enhanced by our commitment to disseminate as a pure public good, all the intellectual capital that we create.
