Nicola Mitchell, Author at 60 Decibels

Striving to Thrive: The State of Indonesian MSEs in 2025

60 Decibels spoke with owners, senior executives, directors, or managers of 827 micro and small enterprises between October and December 2024. The businesses that participated are dispersed across location, size, sector, tenure, and gender of business owners.

How Do You Know if Farmers Are Really Using Your Digital Tool?

Go beyond crude measures of registered farmers and number of downloads and learn who is truly engaging with digital solutions.

Are Farmers Using Digital Tools Meaningfully?

We spoke to nearly 5,000 farmers about their experience with digital solutions, and developed a simple way to define if a farmer has truly adopted the digital tool they are using.

From Payday to Any Day: How Earned Wage Access is Reshaping Financial Habits

We conducted research with three earned wage access (EWA) providers to explore how employees engage with EWA, its effects on financial well-being, and its implications for employers.

Consumer Financing Brief 2024

In collaboration with GOGLA, this Brief provides a summary of consumer financing models and practices in the off-grid energy sector, with insights from 59 off-grid energy companies.

Drivers of Income: A study of three social enterprises and how they impact earning

Our latest report with Acumen investigates how specific products & services influence drivers of income for MSMEs. It highlights insights from customer surveys of 3 innovative companies in Acumen’s portfolio.

Consumer Protection Report 2024

Our latest report examines off-grid energy customer experiences in relation to key Consumer Protection themes.

Impact Measurement in Action: Unpacking Vision Care Insights in Uganda

60 Decibels was engaged to gather rigorous, actionable customer feedback to assess the implementation and impact of a new pilot by Healthy Entrepreneurs and RestoringVison, with support from Million Lives Collective and Bayer Foundation.

Student alumni of the I&P Education to Employment Impact programe

I&P Education to Employment Impact Report

In 2021 I&P partnered with 60 Decibels to measure the impact of its Education to Employment (IP2E) fund. Since the program's launch, 60dB has led 23 studies with 18 different education institutions, completing more than 5,000 phone interviews with alumni across three countries in West Africa.

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Striving to Thrive: The State of Indonesian MSEs in 2025

How Do You Know if Farmers Are Really Using Your Digital Tool?

Are Farmers Using Digital Tools Meaningfully?

From Payday to Any Day: How Earned Wage Access is Reshaping Financial Habits

Consumer Financing Brief 2024

Drivers of Income: A study of three social enterprises and how they impact earning

Consumer Protection Report 2024

Impact Measurement in Action: Unpacking Vision Care Insights in Uganda

I&P Education to Employment Impact Report

Dialing in on Impact: Three B Corps that Listen to Learn

CSDDD Guide: Navigating the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

Cambodia Microfinance Report

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