India Development Review

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colourful cubes stacked on top of each other_systemic change

May 15, 2024
How organisations can drive systemic change
This report on systemic change exemplars highlights a combination of eight practices used by Indian nonprofits to create impact at scale.
riverbank at salmore_L&D fund

May 14, 2024
IDR Explains: The Loss and Damage Fund
In five questions, learn about this new climate financial mechanism, understand how it originated, what critics have to say about it, and what India stands to gain from it.
young people holding up placards at a protest--philanthropy trends

April 26, 2024
Millennials and Gen Z are challenging traditional notions of giving
The young are redefining what philanthropy means and are choosing to engage differently with nonprofits and the causes they support.
two girls communicating via sign language_disability law

April 18, 2024
A primer on India’s disability law
With provisions ranging from education and employment to healthcare allowances, these are the rights guaranteed under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016.
A white background with a box with text-nonprofit humour

April 1, 2024
Announcement: IDR is downsizing
It’s been a difficult decision.
ground-up-series-img

April 1, 2024
You’ve been fooled!
Happy April Fools' Day!
a photograph of Rekha Koita-philanthropist

March 28, 2024
“A philanthropist’s job is to connect the dots and build synergies”
Rekha Koita, co-founder of Koita Foundation, talks about her journey as a philanthropist and shares her excitement about the future of giving in India.
A dog with a computer_nonprofit humour

March 25, 2024
Sh*t nonprofits say: Part XII
Read these tweets in an older male voice.
An image of Amit Chandra-philanthropist

March 20, 2024
“As a philanthropist, it is your failures that shape you”
Amit Chandra, co-founder of ATE Chandra Foundation, discusses his life as a philanthropist, speaks about his values and anxieties, and shares some lessons for his peers.
cartoon of a farmer and researcher talking_nonprofit humour

March 18, 2024
How to identify a researcher
Eager to solve the world’s problems, with or without asking first!
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