INDIA
On this page you can find summaries of AHI activities/ projects, weblogs/blog posts, and external resources.
Activities - Blogs - Resources
2007, December, Mumbai & Ahmedabad
Metafinance of group-level improvements such as water and sanitation (W&S).
Activities: Research Report
In October, 2007, on behalf of Development Innovations Group (DIG), David Smith visited India to interview two non-governmental sponsors (NGOs) that are pioneering in the finance and development of group-level infrastructure:
- Mumbai (Maharashtra): National Slum Dwellers Federation, NGO facilitator of community toilets in Mumbai's slums and informal settlements.
- Ahmedabad (Gujarat): Mahila Housing SEWA Trust , NGO facilitator of community improvements (water, sanitation, power, grading, paving) in conjunction with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.
DIG commissioned the study as part of DIG’s Housing Finance for the Poor Initiative with the Gates Foundation.
The resulting report (click here for pdf version) not only summarizes the activities of these two entities, but also extrapolates likely conditions that make metafinance possible, presents a Basic Model for metafinance, highlights the importance of NGOs as business enterprises, and points a way forward for expanding the number of such entities that can pursue metafinance.
The economics of water: Part 3, pre-urban rules for society
The economics of water: Part 2, pre-urban rules for individuals
Richer city, better government: Part 2, civic engagement
How a slum dies: Part 2, in the 21st century
Two days in the WASH: Part 2, urban and housing
Two days in the WASH: Part 1, the basics
AHI: what we think: Part 2, MEEs are the driver
Meta-finance: Part 2, the Basic Model
Meta-finance: Part 1, the challenge of group-benefit lending
Profile of a slum: Dharavi, Part 3
Profile of a slum: Dharavi, Part 2
Profile of a slum: Dharavi, Part 1
Dharavi, the fixable slum: Part 3, more of why it work
Dharavi, the fixable slum: Part 2, why it works
Dharavi, the fixable slum: Part 1, the deal
Housing Development Finance Corporation
Self Employed Women's Association
Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC)