Okapi Research & Advisory

15/11/2016

Our latest report: Building Business Resilience: MSME Perspectives is OUT! (http://okapia.co/admin/upload/Okapi-Chennai%20Report-Web%20Version.pdf)

The report is a culmination of months of in-depth interviews with flood-affected businesses, experts, policymakers, and analysis to identify ways that public, private, and philanthropic initiatives can a) help limit the immediate damage from environmental shocks like excess rainfall; and b) contribute to faster recovery and lesser long-run impact from the damage that does occur. Thanks to Mercy Corps International, TANSTIA-FNF Service Centre, Nurture Trust, and Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry for support and partnership.

15/11/2016

Okapi report launch - "Transforming Chennai: A Research Report on Building Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Resilience to Water-related Environmental Change"

17/12/2015

"India’s opposition has little procedural room to do anything other than exactly what it is doing now" - Jessica Seddon Wallack



http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/pBckM1YyJAYtsDyxabhbNP/The-limits-of-control-in-Parliament.html

India’s opposition has little procedural room to do anything other than exactly what it is doing now

06/05/2015

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25/04/2015

Dr Jessica Seddon Wallack chaired a panel today on institutional design for sustainability at 4C: Changing Cities, Changing Climate - the 4th Nobel Laureates Symposium in Hong Kong!
http://www.nobel-cause.de/

The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (P*K) and the Asia Society Hong Kong (ASHK) Center are delighted to be hosting the 4th Nobel Laureates Symposium on Global Sustainability "4C: Changing Climate, Changing Cities" at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center from 22nd to 25th April, 2015.

19/03/2015

Excited to be doing a workshop at Sankalp Forum 2015 on Social Enterprises Ecosystems with Villgro, moderated by Lina Sonne

25/02/2015

Jessica Seddon Wallack's piece on India's Budget 2015, out today in Mint :) http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/DMwpZlX6rKaZMQSmJfnxqN/Accelerating-into-the-curve.html

The Budget should provide guidance on federalism, govt’s role in the economy, and in structuring social interactions

23/02/2015

Our paper on the role of local government in local economic development across South Asia for the Commonwealth Local Government Forum is now available! :)

http://okapia.co/wp-content/uploads/publications/235/Final%20Local_Economic_Development_in_South_Asia-a_review_of_policy_and_practice_CLGF_2015.pdf

07/01/2015

Excited to share our first newsletter! Happy New Year Everyone!

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10/12/2014

Watch Jessica Seddon talk about Metrics and Maya at TEDxBonn :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGo1ditaaVQ

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. We measure things all the time. Little things - microscopic dust pa...

21/11/2014

See what P.R. Ganapathy of Villgro and Jessica Seddon of Okapi have to say about improving consumer satisfaction through mobile phones

Who likes your solar lamp? Who’s annoyed with your home health kit? What do people think of your small business finance service? And if you’re thinking of expanding into new territory – how do you gauge customer appetite? Not to mention actual and potential social impact: Have your products and serv…