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October 8, 2009 — 06:00 pm
I recently attended the First Habitat Summit, a joint initiative by India Habitat Centre and Urban Habitats Forum. There were some of the discussions which I feel qualify as a good read for the BoP community. One of them was on the topic of Affordable Housing. This engaging session was chaired by Ashish Karamchandani from Monitor Group...
June 24, 2009 — 04:00 pm
Financial inclusion has long been a challenge in India, where bank transactions are mainly urban based and people living in rural areas rarely even have a bank account. Financial inclusion is the delivery of banking services at affordable costs to vast sections of disadvantaged and low-income groups.
June 3, 2009 — 08:46 am
Yet, there I was, waiting in front of an office building on a deserted Mumbai street, when the cab pulled up to take me to ARTI (the Appropriate Rural Technology Institute), a registered scientific society established to develop and transfer innovative, sustainable technologies to rural people for income generation...
