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New Public Data Set and Tool For Improving Financial Health in India Launched

Dalberg, in collaboration with The Centre for Social Behaviour Change at Ashoka University and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, launched a public data set and tool to enable better design for financial health in India.
It is unique in using a multi-method research approach including human-centered design, cognitive psychology, behavioral science, and large-scale survey-based methods together to understand consumers.

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7 Design Principles to Create Financial Products for Low-income Consumers

Design principles are guidelines that specify the end user experience for a product. The seven principles in this set are illustrated to help deliver a financial product that meets low-income consumers where they are, and where they want to be.

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What else and what more, in the name of impact?

Letter from our Global Managing Partner, Yana Kakar

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How Development Impact Bonds work, and when to use them

If you’re considering DIBs, we have developed a checklist that uses ten screening criteria to help you refine your program design—or else determine that another results-based financing mechanism may be more appropriate.

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Gender Lens Investing: Moving Beyond A Trend

Gender lens and gender smart investing has seen tremendous growth in the past several years – in the past year alone, the size of the public and private market has nearly doubled. There is clear investor interest in bringing a gender analysis into financial analysis. Yet despite this growth, some investors still question whether gender lens investing is simply the latest trend that will be set aside in the new year.

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Dalberg to host State of Aadhaar Initiative

We are excited to announce that Dalberg Advisors is hosting the State of Aadhaar initiative for 2019 and 2020. Sponsored by Omidyar Network, the initiative aims to increase the knowledge base around India’s digital ID, Aadhaar.

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Singapore on Track to Being Go-to City for Innovative Global Solutions

Singapore has all the ingredients to be a powerhouse in addressing the SDGs

We capture the social value of private data

Our data-driven solutions uncover actionable insights to better understand, act upon, and evaluate social issues.

GDPR - Not Just An EU Concern: The Implications For Africa

How African governments can further data protection policies in their respective national development agendas

Safe Surgery for Women: Sharing Rahel's Story

Safe Surgery 2020 is a collaboration of foundations, nonprofits, educational institutions and local governments who want to make surgery safe, affordable and accessible across the world.

The African Development Bank has announced the appointment of Yana Kakar to the Presidential Youth Advisory Group, which provides insights and innovative solutions for creating jobs for Africa’s youth.

African Development Bank appoints Yana Kakar to its Presidential Youth Advisory Group

The African Development Bank announces the appointment of Yana Kakar to the Presidential Youth Advisory Group in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Africa.

New Dalberg Study Shows Social, Economic and Environmental Viability of Scaling Ethanol Cooking Fuel in Kenya

Principal findings of a triple-bottom-line study on scaling clean ethanol cooking fuel in Kenya

Happy Cities Summit: Amaravati 2018

A Global Summit on Urban Innovation Centered on the Principles of "Happiness"

No Single Solution to Plastic Pollution: Why a Cross-Value Chain Approach is Key to Tackling This Issue

Individual behavior change is at the heart of systems transformation

[Podcast] Gaurav Gupta on UNLEASH, What Makes An Effective Social Enterprise, and Much More

Gaurav Gupta is interviewed by BFM, an independent radio station in Malaysia

Chasing Viruses and Elevating Cities - Global Health Old and New Quests

Shifting leadership from national to city-level to improve population health