Improving Competitiveness in Agri-commodity Markets – Part 3: Recommendations for Policy and Market Framework
How can policy enable competitive agri-commodity markets thereby also improving the conditions and incentives for farmers and others?
Improving Competitiveness in Agri-Commodity Markets – Part 2: The Policy Environment
This post is part 2 of a three-part series, and depicts the legislative and policy backdrop to agri-commodity markets in India
Improving Competitiveness in Agri-Commodity Markets – Part 1: Understanding the Markets
The Indian farmer might earn only INR 30 a day, but there are many of him. According to the 2001 census, the Indian agriculture sector employs about 60 percent…
Alternative Model of Rural Housing Finance – Part 2
In the previous post of this series, we discussed the status of rural housing and motivations that determine the pattern of construction/upgradation of houses in rural areas.
Alternative Model of Rural Housing Finance – Part 1
Home ownership is an important aspiration for all of us. A house is more than just a roof over one’s head.
Structured finance for small business loans in India
The fast emerging small business loan (SBL) segment caters to the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and entrepreneurs which typically find it difficult to access funds through traditional…
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.
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…
Inflation Indexed Bonds – Is it a good investment option in its current form?
In line with Budget announcement by Finance Minister in February, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced to issue INR 12,000 crore to INR 15,000 crore of inflation indexed bonds…
IFMR Capital: Securitizing Microloans for Non-Bank Investors
Columbia Business School has developed a case study documenting the background and the story behind the launch of IFMR Trust Pioneer II, the first rated microfinance securitization transaction to…