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Theme: Digital Financial Services
Will QRIS help deliver the promises of digitization to small and micro-merchants in Indonesia?
Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS) is the first experience using a digital financial service (DFS) for many micro-merchants in Indonesia. The blog explores what other DFS and nonfinancial services would benefit these merchants just beginning their digitization journey.
Jul 26, 2022
Assessment of the implementation and usage of QRIS among small and micro-merchants in Indonesia
This report summarizes the findings from the study conducted to understand the implementation status of the Quick Response Indonesia Standard. The study highlights key aspects that encourage QRIS use by small and medium enterprises and recommendations for increasing its adoption in the country.
Jul 26, 2022
Ira Aprilianti, Louie Cepe, Rahul Chatterjee and Sneha Sampath
Potential impact of PM Kisan on the agricultural outcomes
MSC conducted a national-level study on PM Kisan, an income support program for landholding farmers of the country. The study covered more than 13,000 beneficiaries across 20 states and union territories.
Jul 26, 2022
PM Kisan: Benefit amount withdrawal
MSC covered a sample of 13,000 beneficiary farmers across 20 states and union territories to study the PM Kisan program.
Jul 26, 2022
Insights note, edition 2: Supply chains of informal enterprises
Under our Voices of India’s MSMEs initiative, we at MSC are conducting a first-of-its-kind study of the informal MSME landscape in India. The study will share data-driven observations on the lived realities of India’s MSMEs, especially informal enterprises (IEs), through a series of insights notes and a state of the sector report.
Jul 25, 2022
Rahul Chatterjee, Rajarshi Dutta, Sombul Munshi and Shivank Mishra
PM Kisan: Scheme inclusion and targeting
MSC conducted a national-level study on the PM Kisan program, which provides income support of 75 USD annually in three equal installments to landholding farmers in India. PM Kisan is among the Indian government’s many initiatives to reduce the farmers’ financial burden and resolve their distress.
Jul 25, 2022