Tanvi Jaluka

Tanvi Jaluka is an international development researcher with ten years of experience designing and evaluating programs that support women’s economic growth, with a focus on entrepreneurship and access to financial services in emerging markets. She has deep expertise in impact evaluations, quasi-experimental methods, and monitoring and evaluation tools for development programming. Her work spans Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and she is fluent in Hindi. Currently, she is the Research and Learning Lead for CARE USA’s Women’s Entrepreneurship team. Previously, she led projects at Innovations for Poverty Action and the Center for Global Development. Tanvi received a Master’s in Public Policy from UC San Diego, and a Bachelor’s in International Studies from Vassar College. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.

Contact Information
Email: tanvi.jaluka@care.org
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tjaluka/

Strive Women is a Mastercard Strive program led by CARE. It strengthens the financial health of women-led small businesses in Pakistan, Peru, and Vietnam. Mastercard Strive is a portfolio of philanthropic small business programs supported by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.

Articles by Tanvi Jaluka

Guest Articles

Monday
August 31
2026

Tanvi Jaluka / Lauren Perlik

The Hidden Cost of Digitization for Women Entrepreneurs: Recent Research Reveals Gender Differences in the Impacts of Fraud — And Highlights Some Solutions

Rising rates of financial fraud in emerging economies threaten to undermine the promise of digitization for women entrepreneurs. As Tanvi Jaluka at CARE and Lauren Perlik at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) explain, fraud is among the well-documented barriers women face in accessing digital financial tools and services. But there has been a lack of data on the unique risks women experience once they have already gained this access or adopted these tools. To better understand these impacts, CARE and IPA have combined their data from multiple survey projects to answer a few key questions: Is there a specific story for women around digital risk and fraud? Are they more vulnerable? And what can we do to improve their resilience?

Categories
Finance, Technology

Tags
cybersecurity, digital finance, digital inclusion, digital payments, financial health, financial inclusion, gender equality, research, women entrepreneurs

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The Hidden Cost of Digitization for Women Entrepreneurs: Recent Research Reveals Gender Differences in the Impacts of Fraud — And Highlights Some Solutions