Institute of Development Studies

Biography

Anton is a socio-economist with 15 years experience in poverty-focussed development work and microfinance. For the past six years he has managed an action-research programme working with microfinance organisations globally. Prior to this he headed the Development department of a leading microfinance organisation in South Africa. His core areas of expertise are participatory/action research, evaluation, impact assessment, poverty-focussed methodology development and innovation, participatory facilitation and training.

Selected Projects and Recent Work

• Imp-Act

Thematic Expertise

Microfinance; Gender; Livelihoods; Poverty; Social Protection.

Selected Publications »»

• Simanowitz, A. (2008) 'Using Microfinance to Fight Poverty, Empower Women and Address Gender-based Violence and HIV', IDS Research Summary , Brighton: IDS
• Simanowitz, A. (2008) 'Combining Microfinance and Training on Gender and HIV – A Proven Approach to Reduce Poverty and Halve Violence Against Women' , IDS
• Simanowitz, A. (2007) 'Achieving Poverty Outreach, Impact and Sustainability: Managing Trade-offs in Microfinance' in Balkenhol, B. (eds), Microfinance and Public Policy. Outreach, Performance and Efficiency, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
• Simanowitz, A. (2007) 'Issues in Designing Effective Microfinance Impact Assessment Systems' in Rajagopalan, S. and Parikh, N. (eds), Microfinance: Impacts and Insights, Hyderabad: The ICFAI University Press
• Knotts, K and Simanowitz, A (2006) 'Un enfoque para la gestión del desempeño social '
• Copestake, J., Greeley, M., Johnson, S., Kabeer, N. and Simanowitz, A. (2005) Money with a Mission 1: Microfinance and Poverty Reduction, Intermediate Technology Publications
• Brody, A., Copestake, J., Greeley, M., Kabeer, N. and Simanowitz, A. (2003) 'Microfinance, Poverty and Social Performance', IDS Bulletin 34.4, Brighton: IDS
• Simanowitz, A. and Walter, A. (2002) 'Ensuring Impact: Reaching the Poorest while Building Financially Self-Sufficient Institutions, and Showing Improvement in the Lives of the Poorest Women and Their Families', Kumarian Press
• Simanowitz, A. (2001) 'From Event to Process: Current Trends in Microfinance Impact Assessment', Small Enterprise Development: an International Journal 12.4
• Simanowitz, A (2000) 'How Can Impact Assessment be made more Participatory?', Imp-Act Briefing Paper 1, Brighton: IDS
• Simanowitz, A (2000) 'Client Exit Surveys: A Tool for Understanding Client "Drop-Out"', Journal of Microfinance 2.1