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Microfinance
IDS research and advisory work on Microfinance focuses mainly on social performance management.
The Imp-Act Consortium, a major consortium hosted by IDS, is a global group of organisations working to promote and support the management of social performance by micro-finance institutions (MFIs).
Seven leading practitioner-focused organisations are collaborating to train and support MFIs to implement social performance management (SPM) systems, build global capacity to support SPM, share lessons learnt and 'good practice', and promote an enabling environment for SPM.
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Applying a 'Social Lens' to Microfinance
Published: 7 May 2010
Balancing social and financial commitments has always been a challenge for the microfinance sector. How is the Imp-Act Consortium encouraging the sector to serve clients better?
How will Haiti rebuild its shattered infrastructure?
Published: 20 Jan 2010
IDS Fellow Anton Simanowitz reflects on a microfinance programme that has made a real difference to Haitian women's lives and which will continue to work there long after the emergency agencies and journalists have moved on.
A Plea for the Economic Empowerment of Women
Published: 26 Oct 2009
The 2009 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development launched this week and emphasises the importance of development initiatives that support women’s economic empowerment.
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Latest Publications on Microfinance »
- McCulloch, N. and Malesky, E. (2011) 'Does Better Local Governance Improve District Growth Performance in Indonesia' ED-WPS No. 17/2011, Brighton: Department of Economics, University of Sussex
- Kalpana, K. (2009) 'The Vulnerability of 'Self-Help': Women and Microfinance in South India', IDS Research Summary 303, Brighton: IDS
- Campion, A., Linder, C. and Knotts, K. (2009) Putting the 'Social' into Performance Management: A Practice-Based Guide for Microfinance, Brighton: IDS
- Simanowitz, A (2000) 'How Can Impact Assessment be made more Participatory?', Imp-Act Briefing Paper 1, Brighton: IDS
- Cornwall, A., Gideon, J. and Wilson, K. (2008) 'Reclaiming Feminism: Gender and Neoliberalism', IDS Bulletin 39.6, Brighton: IDS
Microfinance projects at IDS
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Baseline Social Performance Survey Afghanistan - CGAP has contracted the IDS to develop several simple indicators based on the Afghan context, that will report on what degree MFIs serve poor people and access to basic health care services. (2007 - 2007)
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Imp-Act - Imp-Act is a global Consortium of organisations committed to making microfinance work for the poor and excluded. (Ongoing)
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