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    Nitish Narain, Abhishek Anand, Surbhi Sood and Shobhit Mishra

    Micro and small enterprises: Will the pandemic put an end...

    This blog looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on micro and small enterprises...
    Apr 15, 2020

    Nitish Narain, Abhishek Anand, Surbhi Sood and Shobhit Mishra

    CICO Agents: The under-valued “first responders”

    Our ongoing research uncovered a set of unique challenges that cash-in/cash-out (CICO) agents currently face...
    Apr 15, 2020

    Akhand Tiwari, Doreen Ahimbisibwe, Agnes Salyanty, Manoj Pandey, Rahul Chatterjee and Rahmatika Febrianti

    The economies have been hit already—we now need palliatives and...

    An economic pandemic is upon us as the COVID-19 infection continues to spread around world,...
    Apr 14, 2020

    Sunil Bhat

    Survival tips for start-ups—taking a leaf out of Bear Grylls’...

    As COVID-19 has pushed the start-up world into chaos, many are redrawing their survival strategy...
    Apr 13, 2020

    Akhand Tiwari and Abhinav Guptha

    Digital ROSCA—the new kid on the block

    Millions of low-income people across the world use ROSCAs as instruments of savings and credit....
    Apr 13, 2020

    Nancy Kiarie, Anup Singh and Edward Obiko

    Same problems, same inequalities: Women in the digital gig economy

    The digital gig economy in Africa has quickly gained prominence over time and continues to...
    Mar 11, 2020
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