Defining Financial Exclusion: why we need to focus on the problem, not just the solution

Chipping Away at the MSME Financing Gap

By Emma Marks

“We are still not the priority”

An informal sector worker’s journey towards economic integration

By Avinash Krishnamurthy

Annamma runs a “Dry Waste Collection Centre” (DWCC) in Bengaluru. DWCCs, one for each ward, are facilities meant to ensure that all…

Sector Update: Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods through Millet Cultivation

More Questions Than Answers: Is There Indeed an Alternate Development Paradigm?

By Samit Aich, CEO, S3IDF India

The current trajectory of our planet points towards the urgent need for a fundamental paradigm shift in thinking among individuals…

Theatrics in Organisational Governance

By Samit Aich, CEO, S3IDF India

A deeper look at what it means to lead an organization as both a CEO and Board member, and the critical individual components these leaders must possess to effectively govern.

Sector Update: Door-to-Door Municipal Dry Waste Collection in Ward 168

Diamonds and Dirt: Discomfort in the World of Comfort Letters

By Samit Aich, CEO, S3IDF India

The zeros are multiple and they just don’t seem to end. At last count, it was pegged at INR.11400 crores (roughly $ 1.77 billion) and is seen as the largest banking…

Content vs Intent: What is in it for the Small Farmer in the 2018 Indian budget?

By Samit Aich, CEO, S3IDF India

Now that India’s Union Budget 2018 has blown over, and the usual analysis of the sectoral experts have started cascading, it is not…

Profit for Good

By Lexi Doolittle

Companies have long held the power to affect systemic change in how our markets operate, but only a few corporations and enterprises have recognized the full scope of the simultaneous economic and social impact potential that they hold. And while the…