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Opinion Editorials

Our opinion editorials are published in newspapers, magazines, and new-age online publications. They are an important tool for public discourse and advocacy. They help us to raise awareness about important issues, and they often provide a platform for perspectives from our researchers, to be presented and to be heard.

September 11, 2020 | Social Protection

In this blog post we study the privatisation of grants system in the South Africa

September 5, 2020 | Financial Express

Setting up the first regulated, non-profit focused ‘social stock exchange-listed’ social venture fund can be a major milestone for India’s non-profit sector

By Deepti George, Varad Pande
August 11, 2020 | BQ Prime

Reforms to PSL can have tremendous impact both on regional/sectoral development as well as improving the quality of bank assets.

August 5, 2020 | FinDev Gateway

Formal credit providers have increasingly gained prominence as a channel for distribution of non-credit products, such as insurance, investment and retirement products, to low-income households in India.

August 4, 2020 | The Hindu Business Line

Personal insolvency needs to be treated as a social insurance option. A mechanism which relies on the interaction between creditors and borrowers must be put in place

July 22, 2020 | ET BFSI

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently allowed financial institutions to on-board new customers using video-KYC.

By Srikara Prasad
July 15, 2020 | BQ Prime

In this series of columns, members of a drafting team on the Working Group report on Social Stock Exchange detail important recommendations.

July 12, 2020 | Business Standard

The Covid-19 crisis has, among other things, brought into focus the importance of non-profits and impact-focussed, for-profit, enterprises.

By Deepti George, Varad Pande
July 12, 2020 | BQ Prime

A common minimum reporting standard has been recommended for all fundraising activity through the proposed Social Stock Exchange.