by Pankaja Balaji | Oct 14, 2021 | Featured
In India and globally, there has been increasing interest in understanding and ensuring effectiveness of education interventions on student learning outcomes. As we live in a world with limited resources, it’s not enough for interventions to simply work. We should ask...
by Pankaja Balaji | Nov 10, 2020 | Featured
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on societies globally and more so in developing countries – with big disparities in health and education. As the world responds, countries rely on increased government and philanthropic spending and support while at the same...
by Pankaja Balaji | Nov 10, 2020 | Featured
Written by Dayoung Lee and Dia Banerjee, Dalberg Advisors First published on NextBillion. Development impact bonds (DIBs) are an increasingly popular way to pay for social outcomes. The model is straightforward: A third-party investor takes the risk of failure from...
by Pankaja Balaji | Oct 12, 2020 | Featured
Written by Abha Thorat-Shah, British Asian Trust Ever since our birth in 2007, the British Asian Trust has sought to deliver high-quality programmes across South Asia. Driven by the vision of leading members of the diaspora and His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales,...
by Pankaja Balaji | Aug 6, 2020 | Featured
Written by Prachi Windlass and Samar Bajaj, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation India is the first country in the world to make Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) spending mandatory, and education receives over a third of that funding. Despite the amount directed at...
