Director
Manoj Kumar Sharma is a Director at MSC. He is a development and inclusive finance expert with over 28 years of experience.
The Andhra Pradesh Crisis: What Should The Government Do?
This note examines what the government should do in the wake of the Andhra Pradesh Crisis.
Dec 27, 2010
Dec 27, 2010
The Andhra Pradesh Crisis: So What Next?
This note examines how the Indian MFIs should respond to save their industry – denial is no longer an option.
Dec 18, 2010
Dec 18, 2010
The Andhra Pradesh Crisis: What Should MFIs Do?
This note examines the nature of the shake-up and likely consequences including interest rate caps, sources of capital, equity valuations and the worst case scenario
Dec 13, 2010
Dec 13, 2010
The Andhra Pradesh Crisis: Three Dress Rehearsals … and then the Full Drama
This note explores “three Ks” and critically examines the responses of the microfinance industry.
Dec 6, 2010
Dec 6, 2010
Commercialisation of Microfinance in India: Is it all Bad?
This note puts rays on the commercialisation of Indian microfinance leading to a massive increase in outreach and expansion of credit to the poor in India.
May 19, 2010
May 19, 2010
Microfinance – Time to Get to Back to Basics?
This note highlights the need for microfinance in India and the role of private sector microfinance whether in ‘for-profit’ or ‘not-for-profit’ formats will remain.
May 4, 2010
May 4, 2010
Dinosaurs and Rabbits – Indian Microfinance Market Evolution
The microfinance world is changing – very fast. This note assesses what is needed for MFIs to keep up with the pace of change.
Oct 5, 2009
Oct 5, 2009
Electronic Banking: The next revolution in financial access
This paper highlights the role of e-banking in improving financial access to the poor. It brings forth three major reasons viz. inadequate customer value proposition for the end users, a poorly developed business case for the companies collaborating, and a debilitating environment, responsible (one or all) for successful implementation of e-banking solution. This note concludes […]
Jul 4, 2007
Jul 4, 2007