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Making Antenatal Diagnostics Work

Effective antenatal care is required to reduce India’s MMRIn October 2024, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund, Dr. Natalia Kanem, lauded India’s efforts in reducing the MMR (maternal mortality rate) by 70% between 2000 and 2020, to 97 per 100,000 live births. However, this is still above

Rethinking the ways of measuring women’s work in India

The labour market statistics that measure women’s labour are a critical foundation for effective policy design and ecosystem interventions to advance women’s economic empowerment. As per current measurements, India’s female labour force participation rate stands at approximately 30%. However, the methodologies that lead to this figure are underpinned by a

Indian farmer

Are Corporates key to unlocking the promise of Regenerative Agriculture?

Introduction: Regenerative agriculture is an emerging need and has a potential to be scaled up.Unsustainable land use practices in agriculture are resulting in a critical depletion of natural resources. To mitigate and recover from such damages, several alternatives to traditional agriculture have emerged and evolved over time. Regenerative Agriculture (RA)

Non-profits

Non-profitOrganisations We help non-profit organisations execute their missions effectively through advisory, capability building and programme enablement support. Share NGOs engaged 0 + NGOs enabled 0 + countries reached 0 From our inception, we have always had a strong emphasis on working with non-profit leaders to achieve their aspirational visions effectively,

Donor Readiness for Non profits.

The series aims to strengthen internal preparedness of NGOs and boost their chances of receiving funds. We will be covering topics on Compliance, Basics of Financial reporting and M&E reporting, Leveraging Tech for Donor reporting and  Understanding Funder Expectations.

Ian Fernandes

Ian has over 20 years of experience across banking, technology and private equity across South Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He is passionate about the interplay between technology and banking, especially as it causes business models and industry structures to evolve. Ian has been with Standard Chartered Bank for

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