Micro and small enterprises: Will the pandemic put an end to their business?
This blog looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on micro and small enterprises (MSEs) across low- and middle-income countries, which are particularly vulnerable to shocks. Our research insights will help policymakers and financial institutions support the recovery and rebuilding of the MSME sector in the wake of the disease.
Apr 15, 2020
Nitish Narain, Abhishek Anand, Surbhi Sood and Shobhit Mishra
Study on adoption of cashlite among MFIs in India
MicroSave, with support from MFIN, conducted this study to capture the experience of cash-lite/cashless models adopted by MFIs in India. The report identifies ways to accelerate the adoption of cash-lite models.
Aug 31, 2017
Bhavana Srivastava, Nitish Narain, Saloni Tandon, Charvi Gandotra and Arpan Sahni
Aug 31, 2017
Bhavana Srivastava, Nitish Narain, Saloni Tandon, Charvi Gandotra and Arpan Sahni
Small Finance Banks – Are You Ready? The Opportunities and Challenges
The opportunities and challenges form Small Finance Banks is enormous in the financial inclusion market in India. The authors have elaborately discussed some of them.
Sep 23, 2015
Should Microfinance Go Digital?
The blog highlights the benefits of the new partnership emerging between digital financial service providers and microfinance institutions to address the challenges of financial access among the un/under banked populations globally.
May 11, 2015
Alternative financial education approach to design effective financial education/capability programmes
MicroSave implemented an Alternative Financial Education programme (AFE) at one of the biggest MFIs in north India. The tool based was based on the principle of product-led financial education, the programme delivery was embedded in the existing operational structure of the MFI, and the tools were designed using SWITCH behavior change framework.
Jan 16, 2015
Akhand Tiwari, Akhilesh Singh, Nishant Kumar and Nitish Narain
How to make financial education better… maybe
Is financial education or financial literacy a branding problem? Here the authors suggest some alternative ways to make FE more meaningful and useful for end clients.
Sep 8, 2014
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