Nadia Kassam, Author at 60 Decibels

Aceli Africa: Closing the Agri-SME Financing Gap with Multi-Stakeholder Listening

Aceli embeds learning and feedback into their approach at every level – including from the lenders, the SMEs, their employees, and the farmers they serve – to better understand how lending practices have changed, the effects of access to finance on business performance for agri-SMEs, and how farmers have experienced the impacts.

Promoting Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) Cowpea Adoption for Enhanced Agricultural Productivity

IGNITE conducted a lean data study, led by 60dB, to provide insights into how to better promote and facilitate the uptake of PBR cowpea by farmers, with a specific focus on gender and nutrition.

Pilot Study Opportunity for AgTech solutions

We're inviting companies providing digital solutions for farmers in India, Kenya, Nigeria, or Ethiopia to take part in a fully-funded study on how farmers use and value digital tools.

Oorja Impact Performance Snapshot

The insights are based on phone interviews with 28 jobholders, in Utter Pradesh and Bihar, in India. We really enjoyed hearing from Oorja's jobholders - they had a lot to say!

British International Investment: Understanding reach in India

This study takes a deeper look at BII's portfolio to better understand the socio-economic characteristics of the people they were reaching, and gain a more nuanced assessment of the impact these people experienced.

The relationship between microfinance and climate resilience

Our research reveals a positive correlation between microloan borrowers' ability to handle a major emergency expense and their improved financial management and savings balance. This underscores the critical role of microfinance in enabling clients, especially women, to build resilience against financial shocks.

60dB Core Insights, Explained

The 60 Decibels Core Insights are a great jumping off point on your journey with impact measurement and customer feedback. They get to the heart of what you’ll want to know about your customers: who they are, what their experience is, what impact they experience from your product, what challenges they face.