India Development Review

On August 5, 2019, Kritika*, a counsellor at Shakti Shalini, was withdrawing cash from an ATM near our office in Jangpura, New Delhi, when she was attacked by a group of eight people attempting to abduct her. The attack was led by the former partner of a survivor of sexual and gend...

Vishesh* is studying for his Master of Arts in social work. This is his first time away from his home in Buldhana district, Maharashtra. His parents are farmers, with an annual income of INR 2,00,000. He is the first person from his family to ever pursue a postgraduate degree.

Twice a week, Vishesh wakes up before sunrise to take the local train to Karjat, 70 km east of...

For millions of Indians, heat is experienced not through meteorological bulletins but inside a tin-roofed room that does not cool after sunset, at a work site where stopping work means losing wages, or in fields under a scorching sun.

Yet extreme heat remains difficult to locate as a distinct priority in India’s public finances.

Published in June 2026, Standin...

India set out on its outcomes-based finance (OBF) journey in 2015 with the Educate Girls Development Impact Bond. Since then, at least USD 59 million[1] has been mobilised through vario...