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We work with grassroots organizations in India on scaling innovations on gender equity and sustainable economic opportunities for local communities and support evidence generation through a participatory and adaptive approach.

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Araucania Aprende

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Fundación Colunga

Fundación Chol Chol

Fundación Chile

Fundación Ciudadanía Inteligente

Fundacion 99

Fundação CAEd

Formando Chile

Foncodes

FAO

Espacio Público

Co-Impact

CAMFED

Breakthrough Trust

BRAC – Ultra Poor Graduation Initiative

Balloon Latam

Argidius

Financiera Sustentable

Harambee

IDB Lab

IDInsight

IEPS

Ilifa

Instituto Gesto

Instituto Natura

Jharkhand State Rural Livelihoods

Laboratório de Educação

Lemann Foundation

Gates Foundation

Gerando Falcoes

Fundación Crecer

Fundacion Huella Local

Fundación Impulso Docente

Fundación Infancia Primero

Fundación MC

Fundación Plagio

Fundación Olivo

Fundación Trabün

Scaling Convergence of Social and Economic Programs

Sambodhi

Red de Impacto

Project Concern International India

Pratham

Pradan

Poverty Stoplight (Fundación Paraguaya)

PCIC

ONU Mulheres

ONU Mujeres

NRLM

MP State Rural Livelihoods

Mapa do Acolhimento

Manizales Más

Lwala

Lever for Change

Patio Vivo

World Bank – Social Enterprise Development Program

World Bank

Vijayavahini Charitable Foundation

UP State Rural Livelihoods Mission

UN Women

Umane

Transform Rural India (TRIF)

The Nudge Institute

Teaching at the Right Level (TARL) Africa

Solar Sister

SmartStart

SEWA Bharat

SEWA

How can Women’s Collective Enterprises be financially sustainable while providing decent work?—An Adaptive Evaluation of the Self-Employed Women’s Association’s Enterprise Support System in India

Working Paper

How can Women’s Collective Enterprises be financially sustainable while providing decent work?—An Adaptive Evaluation of the Self-Employed Women’s Association’s Enterprise Support System in India

Sep 27th 2026

Can Women's Enterprise Support Systems help women's collective enterprises?

Seeing like a State or Seeing the State? A Qualitative Study of a Government Program to Support Women’s Self-Help Groups in Madhya Pradesh, India

Working Paper

Seeing like a State or Seeing the State? A Qualitative Study of a Government Program to Support Women’s Self-Help Groups in Madhya Pradesh, India

Apr 2nd 2025

A study on the nature of interactions between the state and village society in India

Enhancing Women’s Empowerment Within India’s Complex Rural Development System

Brief

Enhancing Women’s Empowerment Within India’s Complex Rural Development System

Sep 2nd 2025

Insights from an Adaptive Evaluation on convergence of rural development programs

Building Value Chains led by SHG Women through Community Institutions of the NRLM – The Unnat Agri-business Enterprise Model

Working Paper

Building Value Chains led by SHG Women through Community Institutions of the NRLM – The Unnat Agri-business Enterprise Model

Dec 1st 2023

A case of scaling the Unnat Agri-Business Model for women's livelihood

How Pratham Learns while Scaling: A case study of adaptive design and evaluation

Working Paper

How Pratham Learns while Scaling: A case study of adaptive design and evaluation

Nov 18th 2023

A case of how Pratham learns using the lens of an Adaptive Evaluation

Lessons from the field: Implementing a women’s collectives-based social enterprise in rural India

Article

Lessons from the field: Implementing a women’s collectives-based social enterprise in rural India

Jun 1st 2023

Field reflections on what it takes to build women agribusinesses in rural India

Understanding the diverse dimensions of women’s agency: Field Notes from Bihar

Article

Understanding the diverse dimensions of women’s agency: Field Notes from Bihar

Sep 7th 2022

Field notes on diverse views around women's agency

Scaling Convergence for Social and Economic Services and Programmes in Rural India: Conceptual Framework and Evidence Review

Working Paper

Scaling Convergence for Social and Economic Services and Programmes in Rural India: Conceptual Framework and Evidence Review

Jan 31st 2022

A conceptual framework and evidence review on convergence in rural India

Supporting Women’s Collective Enterprises—what we do and what we don’t know

Working Paper

Supporting Women’s Collective Enterprises—what we do and what we don’t know

Feb 17th 2021

A synthesis of the literature on worker cooperatives and accelerators

Values and Value Chains: the Intersection of Grassroots Mobilization and Enterprise Development in India

Working Paper

Values and Value Chains: the Intersection of Grassroots Mobilization and Enterprise Development in India

Oct 1st 2018

The tension in values and value chains in scaling women's enterprise