April 2014

Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 20 apr 2014

India's rich demographic dividend (50% of its population under 25 years and 65% under 35) has potential to transform it into a prosperous and developed nation if they move in the right direction with better knowledge and skills. While speaking at the ISB (Indian School of Business) Leadership Summit on the theme 'Attracting Talent to the Social Sector', Anand Kumar (Founder of Super 30) encouraged management graduates to participate in social sector and nation building. According to him they are better equipped with skills and training to make the required turnaround in the social sector. Read on...

The Times of India: Youth must work in social sector: Super 30 founder Anand Kumar
Author: NA

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 08 apr 2014

A team of economists, Esther Duflo & Abhijeet Banerjee (both from MIT) and Arun Chandrashekhar & Matthew Jackson (both from Stanford), in their research paper 'The Diffusion of Microfinance', explain the effects of providing information first to the well connected people on the popularity of socially beneficial programs. They termed this new measure of social influence as 'diffusion centrality'. Researchers examined the spread of microfinance in India through word of mouth and found that when socially well connected individuals were the first to know and gain access to these programs it increased the participation by 11%. The surveys for the study were mainly conducted in the select villages of the state of Karnataka in India. The study also found that participants in the microfinance programs are more effective in dissipating information to others - 7 times more than those who know about the programs but not participating. The research can be utilized by microfinance institutions and nonprofit poverty alleviation groups to evaluate the most effective methods to introduce and implement such programs in local settings. Read on...

Asian Scientist: How Anti-Poverty Programs Go Viral
Author: Peter Dizikes

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