Mumbai, India, Sept. 10, 2014 – Acumen, a leading social impact investor addressing poverty across Africa and South Asia, together with Grameen Foundation recently partnered to better understand caller poverty levels for Ziqitza Health Care Limited, an Acumen investee providing emergency ambulance services in India. The study was funded by the Aspen Network for Development […]
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No CommentsAcumen and Grameen Foundation Study Poverty Rates and Impact of Ziqitza Health Care Limited
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No CommentsAcumen and Grameen Foundation’s Ziqitza Study is selected as the Editor’s choice report for the “Practitioner’s hub for Inclusive Business”
A groundbreaking report assessing patients who use ZHL emergency ambulance service in India is now public. Whether you work in health, stoves, fertiliser or anything else, this report has relevance, because it demonstrates how to understand more about who your clients are, how low income segments they are, how many women are reached, and why […]
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No CommentsGFI explores a User-Centered Design approach to Product Development in Microfinance
The Indian microfinance sector has long been criticized for following a one-size-fits-all approach to products and significantly under-investing in innovation. The primary reason for this is a perception that product customization for the low income segments is a cost, rather than a strategic investment. Similar concerns have been raised about commercial banks’ efforts to further […]
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No CommentsThe Karnataka Poverty Outreach Report
Titled ‘A Poverty Lens on Financial Inclusion’, this report is an initiative of Grameen Foundation in partnership with EDA to understand the poverty profile of microfinance clients in the state of Karnataka, with an aim to get better insights and an understanding of the outreach of microfinance in the state. 04 July 2013 Click here […]
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No CommentsProgress out of Poverty Index® (PPI®) featured in Stanford Social Innovation Review
Acumen and Grameen Foundation recently used the PPI to study the poverty profile of clients of Ziqitza Health Care Ltd, a social enterprise providing emergency ambulance services, and better understand what factors might drive its outreach to the low income segments. The study has been featured in this blog on Acumen’s focus on lean data […]
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