The paper examines the current state of value chain development in India, the policies that are in place and the institutional framework that supports the value chains in agriculture. The facilitating processes adopted in India for strengthening agricultural value chains have been analyzed and their efficacy has been critiqued.
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Access to credit in West Bengal post microfinance crisis
The findings and recommendations from this research will help the microfinance stakeholders in India to make decisions that enable the poor to have better access to financial services.
Deposit Assessment in India
MicroSave’s study on Deposit Assessment in India details the needs and preferences of micro-savings clients to support the development of client-responsive products and delivery processes.
Business correspondent models in Bihar – Constraints and way forward
The study was conducted to improve the current body of knowledge around the status of the BC model in Bihar, to provide recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the model and to offer inputs to policymakers.
Understanding the Re-birth of Equity Building Society in Kenya
This study report starts with Equity Bank’s market and how that translates into a product range and delivery system. It also addresses the issues related to the ownership and governance of the organisation. It further surges ahead in various aspects of management, as the governance level directs and focuses the institution while the management level is needed for implementation. It also measures the management and institutional performance of the bank. This report also relates to human resource issues and how these can contribute to success.
G2P for Financial Inclusion: A Job Half Done
Direct Benefit Transfer program was thought to be effective method of achieving goal of financial inclusion. Its effectiveness was thought to be an outcome of necessity of making payments to individual bank accounts and also because of regularity of payments. However, due to operational issues its progress does not inspire much hope. At best DBT as tool of financial inclusion is a job half done.