Designing Beneficiary-Centric ‘Direct Benefit Transfer’ Programmes: Lessons from India – Part II
This Policy Note Part II, details out the “Seven Steps of DBT Programme Design” for a robust and beneficiary centric direct benefit transfer programme.
Sep 23, 2016
Arshi Aadil, Lokesh Singh, Ritesh Rautela, Rridhee Malhotra and Vijay Ravi
Sep 23, 2016
Arshi Aadil, Lokesh Singh, Ritesh Rautela, Rridhee Malhotra and Vijay Ravi
Designing Beneficiary-Centric ‘Direct Benefit Transfer’ Programmes: Lessons from India – Part I
This Note as a first part of the two-step series explains the pre-requisites and the steps, which if followed, can help in implementation of successful government DBT programmes.
Sep 19, 2016
Arshi Aadil, Lokesh Singh, Ritesh Rautela, Rridhee Malhotra and Vijay Ravi
Sep 19, 2016
Arshi Aadil, Lokesh Singh, Ritesh Rautela, Rridhee Malhotra and Vijay Ravi
Feeding India’s Poor: Plugging Leakages, Without Doing Any Harm
This policy brief discusses two distinct and more recent approaches, namely, Direct Benefit Transfers and e-PDS (i.e. Automation in PDS), as undertaken by different states to address leakages.
May 31, 2016
Payment Banks: What can we learn from Indian experience
MicroSave’s “Payment Banks: What can we learn from Indian experience” is a handbook encapsulating 20 years of on-the-ground research and technical assistance; creating successful business cases while serving the mass market. The handbook provides deep insights, from across the globe, around strategy, product development, and agent network development/management.
Jan 14, 2016
The Safaricom M-PESA Pilot Test
This Note highlights one of the least recognised success factors – the careful pilot testing of the M-PESA solution. The Note highlights the key lessons learned through the pilot-test.
May 25, 2015
Mobile money and microfinance: A match made in heaven or marriage gone awry?
Though most of the microfinance and mobile money partnerships have failed to scale-up in India, it is helpful to understand the challenges. This blog studies such partnerships in India share key takeaways.
Sep 9, 2014
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