Akhand Tiwari
Associate Partner
Akhand Jyoti Tiwari is Associate Partner at MSC. He leads behavioral research and design work in the organization and has worked in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Qatar, the Philippines, Lao PDR, Nepal, and Zambia. Akhand also spearheads MSC’s flagship approach to behavioral research and design for financial services—MI4ID.
Posts by Akhand Tiwari
Coping with COVID-19 in Bangladesh
The report discusses what the LMI segments know, understand, and feel about the COVID-19 outbreak and examines its effect on them. The report also highlights actionable recommendations for policymakers to design suitable interventions that can help the LMI segment cope better in this difficult situation
Jun 19, 2020
Coping with COVID-19
The report discusses what the LMI segments know, understand, and feel about the COVID-19 outbreak and examines its effect on them. The report also highlights actionable recommendations for policymakers to design suitable interventions that can help the LMI segment cope better in this difficult situation.
Jun 12, 2020
Is it the right time to push for wallet interoperability in Bangladesh?
Covid-19 is impacting people’s lives in multiple ways. With restrictions on movements and fear of getting infected, people are staying homes. While this is the right thing to do, one still need to purchase household essentials and send money to relatives who need it. Essential services industries also need constant cash flows and payments. Jamal […]
Apr 30, 2020
The economies have been hit already—we now need palliatives and ultimately cures
An economic pandemic is upon us as the COVID-19 infection continues to spread around world, affecting a billion people from the low-income segment. Our blog looks at why policymakers need a feedback loop of evidence-based information for governments to develop and deploy effective policy measures.
Apr 14, 2020
Akhand Tiwari, Doreen Ahimbisibwe, Agnes Salyanty, Manoj Pandey, Rahul Chatterjee and Rahmatika Febrianti
Apr 14, 2020
Akhand Tiwari, Doreen Ahimbisibwe, Agnes Salyanty, Manoj Pandey, Rahul Chatterjee and Rahmatika Febrianti
Digital ROSCA—the new kid on the block
Millions of low-income people across the world use ROSCAs as instruments of savings and credit. Since these people are susceptible to income volatility, ROSCAs give them the unique option to pursue a savings goal, as well as an opportunity to build social capital and creditworthiness.
Apr 13, 2020
When inclusion is not inclusive: What needs to change to achieve meaningful financial Inclusion for women
Financial inclusion sector’s combined efforts have not succeeded in making an impact on women. Mainly for reasons – significant variations in their behaviour and ecosystem players generally overlooking gender centrality in the design of financial products and services
Jan 17, 2020
Bhavana Srivastava, Akhand Tiwari, Rahul Chatterjee and Abhishek Gupta
Why does research matter in human-centered design
Human-centered design often stumbles due to inadequate research. This note emphasizes the importance of research to gain rich customer-centric insights—the most important element of HCD.
Oct 18, 2019
Bangladeshi MFIs need to reinvent themselves for women: Why digitizing MFI operations is a good idea
We explore the importance of digitization for MFIs and the impact of microfinance in empowering women in Bangladesh through our concept of “Financial Services Space”.
Aug 26, 2019