Amir is the Senior Development Effectiveness Specialist at the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Saudi Arabia. He has also been a Specialist at UNICEF and the World Bank.
The Aadhaar way
Can Aadhaar become rails of digital disbursement for subsidy payments? MicroSave presents case studies that show huge potential of Aadhaar for G2P payments.
Nov 26, 2018
Nov 26, 2018
G2P Payment Delivery in India
India has become one of the front runners in undertaking G2P payments. Introduction of Aadhaar enabled biometric payment system demonstrated the active role played by the Government in delivery of these payments. In this video, Amir Hamza, highlights the current G2P payment structures, the pitfalls with the system and improvements envisaged that could make the […]
Feb 13, 2014
Feb 13, 2014
A Government to Person (G2P) payment delivery agent in India: At heart and in practice
This blog highlights the tasks of a CSP and the stages involved to make G2P payment delivery to the last mile – right from their (CSP) recruitment to final payment.
Jan 4, 2014
Jan 4, 2014
Harnessing the potential of Aadhaar via digitisation
This blog recounts the learning from pilot programmes around Aadhaar enabled systems that has great potential, but to scale up, many barriers remain to be addressed.
Sep 27, 2013
Sep 27, 2013
The Aadhaar story in East Godavari
In this blog, Amir Hamza shares the experiences on how the Aadhaar story is unfolding in East Godvari, India. Its implementation challenges, learning and impact.
Sep 27, 2013
In this blog, Amir Hamza shares the experiences on how the Aadhaar story is unfolding in East Godvari, India. Its implementation challenges, learning and impact.
Sep 27, 2013
Aadhaar Enabled Public Distribution System in East Godavari
MicroSave’s pilot study in India highlights barriers, best practices and a roadmap to implement the ambitious, policy initiative of transferring the government benefits directly into the Aadhaar linked accounts of the beneficiaries.
Mar 14, 2013
Mar 14, 2013
Aadhaar Enabled Direct Benefit Transfer in East Godavari
MicroSave’s pilot study in India highlights barriers, best practices and a roadmap to implement the ambitious, policy initiative of transferring the government benefits directly into the Aadhaar linked accounts of the beneficiaries.
Mar 14, 2013
Puneet Chopra, Amir Syed, Nitish Narain, Nishant Kumar and Anirban Roy