Contributor : Profile
Vikas Dimble is Assistant Director of Research and Strategy for the Tata Centre for Development (TCD) at the University of Chicago and Content Editor for Ideas for India (I4I). Prior to that, he was consultant to the World Bank. He has also worked as India Country Economist for the IGC and as a Research Associate at J-PAL research centre at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Vikas completed his Masters from the University of Sussex and his undergraduate degree from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai and School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Victoria University, Melbourne.
Posts by Vikas Dimble
Can the microcredit model be improved?
Microcredit is frequently touted as an effective policy tool to fight global poverty. However, studies suggest that the long-term impact on recipients’ lives is limited. In this post, Mushfiq Mobara...
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Vikas Dimble
Mushfiq Mobarak
21 August, 2019
- Articles
Global financial crisis and India: A look at the decade gone by
The crisis that emerged in the US subprime mortgage market this month 10 years ago, not only engulfed the country’s financial system but the entire global economy. In this post, Vikas Dimble and Nal...
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Vikas Dimble
Nalini Gulati
14 September, 2018
- Perspectives