20 September, 2018Does political reservation for women improve programme delivery?
This column outlines results of a study that assesses the impact of women leaders on corruption and other aspects of the quality of delivery of MNREGA. It argues that administrative experience, traini...
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Farzana Afridi 
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Explainer: Conceptual foundations of cryptocurrencies
In recent times, cryptocurrencies have become a subject of intense deliberations among policymakers, market participants, investors, and other stakeholders. Whether cryptocurrencies will revolutionis...
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Radhika Pandey Bhavyaa Sharma
- 21 March, 2018
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Explainer: India’s payments banks
In August 2015, the RBI issued in-principle licences to 11 entities to establish payments banks in India – a unique format of banking which has not been used anywhere else in the world. Fully based ...
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Rahul Choudhury
- 30 May, 2018
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How Important are credit constraints for small firm growth?
This project focusses on the role of financial constraints in determining the lack of transition of firms from the very small family firms (OAMEs) which are the predominant type of firms in the inform...
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Kunal Sen
- 01 December, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Formally insuring the informally insured
Rainfall is critical for the livelihoods of millions of Indians – yet many have no formal insurance if the rains fail. This column looks at what happens when a new formal insurance policy based on t...
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Mushfiq Mobarak
- 16 November, 2012
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Microfinance and predatory lending: The same old story?
Once hailed as a near-miraculous way of lending money to the poor, microfinance is now often seen as exploitation – and governments are stepping in. This column looks at another point in India’s h...
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Latika Chaudhury Anand Swamy
- 19 October, 2012
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Financial Intermediation and Economic Growth in Bihar: A District-Level Analysis
The aim of the project was to assess the effectiveness of the banking sector's contribution to the overall development in Bihar. In a nutshell, the study tries to understand the efficiency of the bank...
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Sanjay Banerji Krishna Gangopadhyay Sushanta Mallick
- 18 July, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Note on Reserve Currencies
This project examines the likelihood that the current reserve currencies will retain their status in the near future, given the persistence in the composition of reserve holdings. However, due to pauc...
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Menzie Chinn
- 01 April, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Role of Derivatives in India's Financial Development
The annals of financial history are littered with stories of corporations and financial institutions which collapsed when a deterioration in market conditions led to massive losses in the derivatives ...
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Rangarajan K. Sundaram
- 01 April, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Household Finance in India
How does mortgage regulation influence the structure and performance of housing finance? This project answers the question by analysing administrative data on over 1.2 million loans originated by an I...
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John Campbell Tarun Ramadorai
- 31 March, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Selling Formal Insurance to the Informally Insured
Agricultural activity is inherently risky, and smoothing consumption across years or seasons is a significant challenge for agrarian households in developing countries.
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Mushfiq Mobarak Mark Rosenzweig
- 01 November, 2011
- IGC Research on India
State Ownership and Systemic Risk: Evidence from the Indian Financial Sector During 2007-09
The study analyses the performance of banks in India during 2007-09 in order to study the impact of ownership structure on bank vulnerability to a crisis.
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Viral Acharya Nirupama Kulkarni
- 01 April, 2011
- IGC Research on India
Improving Access to Finance for Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries
One of the most important issues in developing countries is how to finance small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Although microcredit and new forms of financial inclusion are increasingly prominent in ...
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Shawn Cole Leora Klapper
- 31 March, 2011
- IGC Research on India
Long Run-Effects of Repayment Flexibility in Microfinance: Evidence from India
Financiers across the world structure debt contracts to limit the risk of entrepreneurial lending. But debt structures that reduce risk may inhibit enterprise growth, especially among the poor.
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Erica Field Rohini Pande John Papp Natalia Rigol
- 01 February, 2010
- IGC Research on India
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Financial inclusion is globally considered as a critical indicator of development and well-being of society. In this post, Srinivasa Rao traces the financial inclusion journey in India so far, and dis...
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