Rahil Rangwala

Program Officer, Microfinance

rahil rangwala

Rahil is a Program Officer in the Family Economic Stability team in India and primarily oversees the Low Income Housing Portfolio.

He spent over seven years at Bridgewater Associates, a global macro hedge fund, before making the transition to the development sector. He recently returned to India and lives in Delhi with his wife and daughter. Rahil has a bachelor’s in computer science from the University of Texas in Austin and a master’s in public administration with a focus on international development from New York University.

Recent blog posts by Rahil

India’s cities are home to roughly 377 million people. An estimated 26 percent – 97 million – are officially poor. That’s equivalent to the combined populations of Canada and the U.K. Now, imagine half the expecting mothers in Canada and the U.K. don’t have access to safe delivery options, 71 percent of the children are anemic, and 47 percent are malnourished.
Oct 29, 2012
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Giving Is not Enough: Increased Urbanization Demands That Indian Philanthropy Shift Focus
India’s cities are home to roughly 377 million people. An estimated 26 percent – 97 million – are officially poor. That’s equivalent to the combined populations of Canada and the U.K. Now, imagine half the expecting mothers in Canada and the U.K. don’t have access to safe delivery options, 71 percent of the children are anemic, and 47 percent are malnourished.
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Forbes India recently published a piece on what ails microfinance. The article, which reviews David Roodman and Jonathan Morduch's research on the industry, starts provocatively by challenging the assumption that microfinance is a force for good. But it seems to deliberately misrepresent – or at least wildly oversimplify – Roodman and Morduch’s findings.
Feb 21, 2012
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What ails microfinance? Bad journalism, for one
Forbes India recently published a piece on what ails microfinance. The article, which reviews David Roodman and Jonathan Morduch's research on the industry, starts provocatively by challenging the assumption that microfinance is a force for good. But it seems to deliberately misrepresent – or at least wildly oversimplify – Roodman and Morduch’s findings.
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