The efforts of various organisations, the National Education Policy (NEP 2020) and the NIPUN Bharat directive have established the criticality of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) in the long-term development of learners in terms of staying in school, improving higher order skills, earning decent livelihood, and having better social and
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Access to finance remains an issue for many inclusive businesses seeking to expand their operations or deepen their impact. Businesses face multiple challenges including the cost of capital and the scarce availability of affordable finance beyond the early stage. Investment readiness is also an issue, with companies facing difficulties in
This episode of Decoding Impact with Rathish Balakrishnan features an in-depth conversation with Shilpa Kumar to unpack why we need climate finance and how Development Finance Institutions are uniquely positioned to address it.
While externalities like regulatory environment and availability of funding may limit the growth of non-profit organizations at times, organizational capacity building can help overcome some of the challenges associated with scaling for impact.
This report, developed by Sattva and funded by WINGS’ #LiftUpPhilanthropy Fund, maps the philanthropy support ecosystems (PSEs), with a particular focus on multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs), in seven South and Southeast Asian countries—India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It aims to break silos, bridge knowledge gaps in the philanthropic
The ONDC has immense potential to democratise access to e-commerce for sellers of diverse products, ranging from groceries to handicrafts. The technology’s principles of interoperability and unbundling will be instrumental in encouraging entrepreneurial growth and innovation, as was observed in the computer software and recorded video content industries in other
Hema has over 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and corporateexecutive and over 12 years as an impact investor, board member and mentor. She has served as an independent director on the board of Ace Designers Ltd.and on publicly traded SKF India Ltd and Nelco Ltd. (a Tata group
Only 1 per cent of environmental CSR funding reached 30 of India’s 50 most climate-vulnerable districts over three years, according to Sattva’s report, A Decade of Green Spending, as covered in ThePrint. Read here.