Tag: COVID-19 crisis

Can we turn the COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity to enable indigenous capabilities?

At MSC, we believe that the COVID-19 pandemic gives us the opportunity and impetus to turn the crisis into an opportunity by developing indigenous capabilities instead of flying in international consultants. After all, local experts may have more to offer than meets the eye.

May 20, 2021

Graham Wright, Manoj Sharma and Anup Singh

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Indian agriculture during and after the pandemic

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, agricultural activities in India were exempt from restrictions. However, the lockdowns led to various disruptions in the supply chain. This blog summarizes the impact of COVID-19 on different sub-sectors and highlights the measures the government took to address the problems of farmers.

Jul 20, 2020

N. Srinivasan, Venkatesh Tagat and Girija Srinivasan

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Micro, Small, and Medium enterprises (MSMEs): India report

MSMEs in India have been adversely affected by the lockdown announced as a measure to contain the spread of COVID-19. This report outlines the impact of the pandemic on MSMEs and offers policy recommendations to support their recovery.

Jun 4, 2020

Abhishek Anand, Manoj Nayak, Nitish Narain, Shobhit Mishra, Surbhi Sood, Aakash Mehrotra, Mohak Srivastava and Gayatri Pandey

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Weathering a Perfect Storm – Part 2: Seven Ways Fintechs Can Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic

This blog covers the diverse strategies of FinTechs both big and small to adapt to the situation and overcome the challenges brought forth by the pandemic.

Jun 2, 2020

Akshat Pathak, Anshul Saxena, Sunil Bhat and Anil Gupta

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Weathering a Perfect Storm – Part 1: The Challenges Facing Fintechs in Emerging Markets During COVID-19

This blog covers the challenges and opportunities born from the COVID-19 pandemic, for both small and established FinTechs, particularly in the emerging markets. It sets the stage for part two, where we discuss how these FinTechs face these unprecedented challenges.

Jun 2, 2020

Akshat Pathak, Anshul Saxena, Sunil Bhat and Anil Gupta

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Fate of MFIs post the COVID-19 lockdown – will they prove resilient again?

Read MSC’s take on the impact of the COVID-19 lockdowns on MFIs. Join our journey as we examine the surprising resilience of Indian MFIs. The blog compares past challenges like demonetization and traces how MFIs bounced back each time. The lockdown enforced to control the spread of coronavirus in 2020 has been the most severe crisis to hit the sector. Hopefully, MFIs will once again emerge resiliently.

May 26, 2020

Manoj Sharma and Akhilesh Singh

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