This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Global Citizen, there has been a 35% increase in rape and murder of women and girls in India since 2012. Here, the author explores…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar discuss the challenges of India’s Public Distribution System. • How can social programs be made more efficient and effective? How can programs better…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • India recently launched a new Ministry of Jal Shakti, which aims to address the water crisis in India by focusing on wastewater reuse efforts at the local…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Vanya Gupta describes key oversights of India’s skilling programs, and offers viable alternatives such as apprenticeship initiatives for young people. • How are skilling programs a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alexander Amstrup and Pritha Venkatachalam at IDR debunk the myth that India’s women give less to charity than men. • What are some common trends with female-driven…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Workplaces in the development sector could be doing a better job of building safer spaces for women that protect them from sexual violence, especially in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Radhika Menon at IDR gives some highlights from impact evaluations of low-cost interventions across four Indian states that revealed interesting findings on how to accurately measure toilet…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Akash Bisht at Al Jazeera reports on 2,000 plus indigenous people rallying in New Delhi against possible amendment to a law that protects their land rights as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Roop Sen and Uma Chatterjee discuss the debilitating impact of stigma on victims and identify five ways to mitigate stigma. • How can donors engage in their communities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Vineet Rai explores what impact investing is, and how it has the potential to fight economic inequality and empower the disenfranchised. • How can funders focus on stakeholder…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • India Development Review explains why and how randomized controlled trials (RTCs) are used to prove (or disprove) hypotheses. • How can funders support and use RTC’s to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This article reports that both India and Pakistan are expanding their nuclear arsenals and how the effects of a potential nuclear war would be ‘worldwide and…