Senior Manager
Ravi Kumar is a Senior Manager in MSC’s Country Development Program, Indonesia. He is a microfinance and banking consultant with over 10 years of experience in microfinance and private sector development.
The impact of climate change on farmers in Bihar and how farmer producer organizations can help them adapt
In Bihar’s Buxar district, farmers struggle to cope with the changing climatic conditions and adapt to them. Significant annual variation in rainfall and temperature erodes farmers’ adaptive capacities. Farmer producers organizations (FPOs) could play a central role to promote and facilitate farmers’ adaptation to climate change—but they need improved incentives and support.
Jan 27, 2023
Jan 27, 2023
Innovations and coping strategies for food security at the time of COVID-19
COVID-19 is likely to have a widespread, deep, and prolonged impact on every sector and segment. In this blog, we discuss some innovations and practical solutions for governments and other stakeholders to consider to aid food security and to protect the livelihoods of smallholders
Apr 29, 2020
Apr 29, 2020
Deepening financial inclusion through cash transfers: The case of PKH in Indonesia
In 2017, the Government of Indonesia (GoI) began digitizing social benefit transfers to improve delivery efficiency and achieve sustainable financial inclusion. Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH), a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, was the first major social assistance payment program (G2P) digitized by the government. It provides incentives for the following: Pregnant and lactating mothers, infants, […]
Nov 13, 2019
Nov 13, 2019
Report on findings from the impact evaluation of Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH)
MSC did an impact evaluation of the PKH conditional cash transfer program, one of the largest social assistance programs in Indonesia and managed by the Ministry of Social Affairs.
Jul 26, 2019
Babur Wasim, Astri Sri Sulastri, Agnes Salyanty, Karthick Morchan and TVS Ravi Kumar
Jul 26, 2019
Babur Wasim, Astri Sri Sulastri, Agnes Salyanty, Karthick Morchan and TVS Ravi Kumar
Operations assessment and impact evaluation of Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH)
MSC did an impact evaluation of the PKH conditional cash transfer program, one of the largest social assistance programs in Indonesia and managed by the Ministry of Social Affairs.
Jul 18, 2019
Babur Wasim, Astri Sri Sulastri, Agnes Salyanty, Karthick Morchan and TVS Ravi Kumar
Jul 18, 2019
Babur Wasim, Astri Sri Sulastri, Agnes Salyanty, Karthick Morchan and TVS Ravi Kumar
BPNT Operations Assessment 2019
Bantuan Pangan Non-Tunai (BPNT) is one of the largest digitized social assistance payment (government-to-people or G2P) programs in Indonesia.
Feb 6, 2019
Elwyn Panggabean, Frenky Simanjuntak, TVS Ravi Kumar, Karthick Morchan and Rahmi Yunaningsih
Feb 6, 2019
Elwyn Panggabean, Frenky Simanjuntak, TVS Ravi Kumar, Karthick Morchan and Rahmi Yunaningsih
Indonesia’s experiment with digitising food subsidy payments: The story so far
The note summarises key findings of the current scheme for social transfer of food subsidy (BPNT) in Indonesia
Jun 14, 2018
Jun 14, 2018
Third-Party Agent Network Managers: The Missing Element in Indonesia’s DFS Sector
This blog is second in the series on the key findings and recommendations of the recently concluded Agent Network Accelerator (ANA) Indonesia survey
Jan 29, 2018
Jan 29, 2018