Theme: Financial inclusion

Unfolding the limitations faced by the poor due to lack of financial access, this note draws attention to the indicators for financial inclusion in the North Eastern states of India.

The focus note draws lessons from Bangladesh, Bolivia and Uganda for the future of microfinance in India.

In this video series-1, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, discusses how in times of global financial crisis the poor have proved themselves to be credit-worthy, contrary to the conventional wisdom of large banks. Speaking at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C, Dr. Yunus talks about Grameen’s Microcredit project in New York and […]

This note focuses on diverse financial services driven by the diverse needs of people especially MFIs.

This note discusses about savings as an important and effective strategy for poor households to avoid potential loss of economic status or independence as a result of a crisis.

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 […]