Are microfinance repayments suffering in Tamil Nadu?
This post is in response to an article, “Loan Defaults Versus Over-indebtedness in Rural Tamil Nadu”, published on the CGAP blog on June 10th, 2013.
IFMR Rural Finance is now ISO Certified
IFMR Rural Finance is now an ISO 9001:2008 certified organisation. IFMR Rural Finance, an organisation with a mission of promoting high-quality Financial Institutions, has undergone the certification for the…
FSLRC on Systemic Risk
Following the IMF-FSB-BIS definition, the FSLRC defines systemic risk as “ risk of disruption to financial services that is caused by an impairment of all or parts of the…
Housing Rental Markets for the Poor (and not-so-poor)
I read an excellent post by Ajay Shah recently that questioned the policy wisdom of emphasising house ownership over rental housing.
Making Room for a Planet of Cities
In a report titled “Making Room for a Planet of Cities”, Shlomo Angel et al examine how the prevailing planning paradigm of containment, which is predicated on the containment…
How Utkarsh Microfinance handles Customer Grievance
On a recent visit to MFIs working in eastern Uttar Pradesh, we chanced upon some great innovations and field practices, which are clearly taking customer focus to the next…
Pudhuaaru KGFS Turns Five
Five years ago on this day, we took a definitive step towards executing against our vision of delivering financial well-being for rural India with the first branch of Pudhuaaru…