Sustainable Livelihoods

While India is one of the world’s fastest growing economies, it is also one of the most unequal countries. Economic opportunity and a sustainable, dignified livelihood for all is our goal.

Featured Article

Freedom to earn a livelihood with dignity

The corporate sector holds the potential and responsibility to change the dynamics within which workers operate.

Blog

Can the Microcredit Model Be Improved?

Can we modify or extend certain aspects of the microfinance model to achieve better outcomes for recipients?

Blog

Innovative lending practices can improve traditional microfinance

Research on the traditional microfinance model reveals the alterations that can be made to further small businesses and welfare gains.

Reports

Learnings from skills and livelihoods programmes

We conduct a two-year impact evaluation covering our employability and livelihoods programmes spanning Beauty & Wellness, Agriculture, and Real Estate for the Godrej Group. The evaluation combined a lean data approach with semi-longitudinal qualitative methods.

Reports

Enhancing Capabilities, Empowering Lives

This report maps the CSR trends in Skill development and Livelihoods of the 100 Indian companies with the largest CSR budgets on the BSE 500 and highlights major trends, identify gaps and opportunities in the skills and livelihood value chain and provides a roadmap for stakeholders.

Perspective

The most vulnerable dictate the strength of our value chains

While we take a fresh look at how we innovate in value chains, they need to be understood from the perspective of the most vulnerable.

Coverage Feature

Coronavirus impact: Time for employers to up skill employees

For the quantum growth of the economy, investments in education and skilling of informal workers are key.

Coverage Feature

How will India’s informal sector emerge from the pandemic?

The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns have upended India’s informal job market. But are there positives from the crisis?

Blog

Protecting human capital to emerge from the crisis

Corporate leaders recommend fortified social security provisions for gig economy workers.

Empathy and economic sense call for direct cash transfers

Esther Duflo emphasized that cash transfers to the poor is both the morally correct and economically wise action required to be taken by larger society.

Perspective

The revival of the informal sector is crucial to our economy

There are strong linkages between the formal and informal, as well as between large and small segments of the economy.

Case Study

DHFL|How to explore potential and unlock demographic advantage

DHFL wanted to invest their CSR funds in such a way that they can address critical gaps in 3 cause areas that can in turn help India unlock demographic advantages and explore the full potential of available resources.

Case Study

STFC: How to drive impact in the line of business

STFC adopted an impact lens for the same sector their financial products and services are aimed at – transportation and logistics.

Archive

Skilling the unskilled: Why should companies get involved? | Part I

A look at how companies can align their CSR strategies to the Government’s Skill India Mission.

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