India: PI Training for Rural Entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu

Client: The World Bank

Duration: 06/2023 to 08/2024

Description of the Project:

Together with The World Bank’s South Asia Region Gender Innovation Lab (SAR GIL) and the local implementation partner Hand In Hand India we are conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) impact evaluation study to investigate the effect of the Personal Initiative (PI) Training among small-scale entrepreneurs. The RCT is embedded within the aims of the World Bank operation Vazhndhu Kattuvom / Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project (TNRTP). The TNRTP project aims at rural transformation through strategies that focus beyond poverty alleviation by building sustainability and prosperity of rural communities through enterprise promotion, access to finance and employment opportunities.