Background Context: With funding from the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and under the MAP I project, Centre for Financial Inclusion (CFI) conducted a six-wave, longitudinal survey in Colombia, India, Indonesia, and Nigeria. For every other month for one year, CFI surveyed micro- and small-enterprise (MSEs) clients at an Accion financial institution partner in each […]
Background Context: The Climate Risk Horizons (CRH) was established to address the urgent need for a climate-smart transition in the Indian financial system. Despite widespread acknowledgment of the economic threats posed by climate change, the energy transition in India is not progressing at the required pace. Financial institutions are often hesitant to act due to […]
Background Context: The Centre for Responsible Business (CRB), in partnership with UNICEF, conducted a study in the sandstone mining areas of Kota and Bundi, Rajasthan. The study aims to understand the socio-economic and working conditions of mine workers and propose ways to improve the well-being of families, especially children. By engaging stakeholders such as the […]
Background Context: CSO members of the SRHR alliance, wished to undertake a vulnerability assessment to understand the status of child marriage, available Government, and civil society programs on child marriage; as well as assess internal organizational capacity to implement projects to address child marriage. Development Solutions enabled support to develop the framework and tools for […]
Client: Ennovent India and University of MelbourneLocation:New Delhi Background Context: The E2A framework is a meta-learning tool developed for Fondation Botnar and its programs to frame and operationalize a formal evidence-building and learning agenda within programs and organizations. The framework was created through a collaborative effort between Fondation Botnar and the Melbourne Center for Cities […]
Client: Centre for Catalyzing Change (C3)Location:Online Background Context:Development Solutions (DS) was appointed by C3 to build capacities on Theory of Change (ToC) and basics of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E). Following the successful completion of four workshops and feedback from participants, DS extended support to C3 to enable the development of ToCs for three program verticals/pillars, […]
Client: Population Foundation of India Location:Online Background Context:In recent years, India has witnessed significant growth in internet access, with over 50% of the populace having access, according to a joint report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IMAI) and KANTAR (2022). Despite the benefits of the Internet, such as improving access and reaching […]
Client: Indus Action Location: New Delhi Background Context:This project was a year-long partnership with Indus Action, a ‘’do-tank’’ that bridges the gap between law and action. IA works towards securing a social protection safety net for vulnerable families by providing sustainable access to a Portfolio of Welfare Entitlements and Rights (POWER). Indus Action’s approach tackles […]
Client Name: IPE Global Location: Rajasthan Background Context: IPE Global India seeks to commission a study to understand stakeholder perspectives, especially those belonging to SC, ST, and OBC communities on adolescent girl’s (aged 13-16 years) education, with a focus on the pre-matric scholarship scheme and the impact of Covid-19, in Rajasthan. Objectives This study, done by […]
Client: Population Foundation of India (PFI) Background Context: While numerous efforts have been made by the Government of India (GOI) to address the concerns faced by adolescents, areas of improvement exist. This study assesses the current programs and schemes of the Government of India for adolescents and provides recommendations for program and policy. The […]
Client Name: Freedom from Hunger India Trust, India Location: Rajasthan Background Context: The Rajasthan Nutrition Project (RNP) is an integrated intervention to address malnutrition in two blocks of Rajasthan, India. The intervention is supported by Freedom from Hunger India Trust along with two field partners – Vaagdhara and Pradan – in the districts of Banswara […]
Client Name: Triggerise India Location: Delhi, Agra, Jaipur and Ajmer Background Context: Triggerise India through its network of TIKO PROs delivers health information, products, and services to people in low-income communities urban and peri-urban geographies of Ajmer, Jaipur, Agra, and Delhi. The network structure includes the TIKO System Managers (TSM) and TIKO System Facilitators (TSF) […]
Client Name: Central Square Foundation (CSF) Location: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat Background Context: Diksha, a national education technology program of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), supports teachers and students with access to digital resources. One of the products under the Diksha program is the Extended Textbooks (ETB), which includes embedded QR […]
Client Name: Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Central Square Foundation and Boston Consulting Group Location: Rajasthan Background Context: The Adarsh Vidyalaya Yojana was launched in the year 2015 by the Department of Education, Government of Rajasthan to address systemic inefficiencies in the public education system in Rajasthan. The Adarsh Yojana aimed to address these inefficiencies […]
Client Name: CISCO Location: Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Chattisgarh Background Context: Under the India Cash Grant Program, conceptualized to drive problem-solving through innovation and the use of technology, CISCO undertook six diverse CSR projects, catering to different sets of beneficiaries. Development Solutions (DS) was commissioned to undertake an impact assessment of three out of […]
Client Name: SRHR Alliance and Bihar Voluntary Health Association Location: Jharkhand & Bihar Background Context: In the context of the Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child Health + Adolescents (RMNCHA) and Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) programs launched by the Government of India (GOI), the SRHR alliance has been identifying opportunities for advocating and promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and […]
Client: Microsoft Location: Delhi and Hyderabad Background Context: Microsoft CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) has been involved in a range of development initiatives as a part of its CSR investment, since the year 2014. They sought to develop a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (M&E), to assess the impact of their investments. Objectives Development Solutions […]
Client Name: International Labour Organization (ILO) Location: New Delhi Background Context: Given the significant contribution of natural stone mining to livelihoods and the state economy in Rajasthan and the challenges it continues to face, the ILO has initiated an effort for the sustainable natural stone industry in Rajasthan. The initiative aims at formulating […]
Client Name: International Labour Organisation (ILO) Location: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh Background Context: To contain the spread of COVID-19, the government in March 2020 locked down a substantial part of the Indian economy, except for essential services. This led to substantial disruption both for the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME […]
Client Name: SOS Children’s Villages Location: Sri Lanka (Anuradhapura, Galle, Nuwara Eliya, Monaragala, Pillayandala) Background Context: SOS Children’s Villages (SOS) has been working in Sri Lanka for over 30 years, responding to local needs and challenges of communities, specifically vulnerable children. A critical strategic aspect of the SOS Global Strategy 2030 is to empower young people – and […]
Client Name: Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiative Location: Ajmer and Bangalore Background Context: Single Window (SW) services for social protection is defined as, “integrated social service delivery in the form of contact points for (potential) beneficiaries of social protection programs and other social services at the local level (e.g. the community, municipal, sub-district or district levels).” […]
Client: Launch Girls Location: Uttar Pradesh and Telangana Background Context: Launch Girls, not-for-profit organization provides experiential entrepreneurship programming for adolescent girls around the world. Launch Girls partners with local and national girl-serving organizations that work closely with adolescent girls ages 12-24 and provide partners with comprehensive tools, including curriculum, training, technology, and facilitator’s guides […]
