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CRECER (Bolivia) Addresses Quality in Response to Lack of Impact

Describes how CRECER took a negative client outcome finding and responded by increasing quality.

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CASHPOR Identifies a Social and Financial Risk

Description of how CASHPOR used negative social outcomes data to shape a reponse to reduce risk and increase impact.

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Satya Microcapital Financial Inclusion Impact Performance Report

This initial report by 60 Decibels shows Satya MicroCapital’s performance across the five dimensions of financial inclusion: access, business impact, household impact, financial management, and resilience. It also includes additional insights on client satisfaction, loan usage and challenges.

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Understanding and Measuring Women's Economic Empowerment

This document addresses key questions essential to design meaningful strategies that will lead to women’s economic empowerment. It presents: 1. A definition of women’s economic empowerment; 2. A measurement framework that can guide the design, implementation and evaluation of programs to economically empower women; and 3. A set of illustrative indicators that can serve as concrete examples for developing meaningful metrics for success. The concepts presented are meant to help practitioners, researchers and donors design effective, measurable interventions to advance women economically. In developing these concepts, ICRW has drawn both on the available literature and on ICRW’s direct experience in evaluating women’s economic empowerment programs. This document is intended as a conceptual guide, rather than an operational tool kit. Economic empowerment is a complex process, and the general framework presented here will have to be adapted to meet the needs of specific projects.

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Fondo Esperanza : Cómo usar los datos de resultados de los clientes para impulsar el desempeño

Este estudio de caso explica el sistema de gestión de resultados que Fondo Esperanza usa para monitorear los cambios en la vida de los clientes, y cómo Fondo Esperanza usa los datos de resultados para informar sus propias decisiones estratégicas y operativas, así como para comunicarse con los clientes sobre su progreso personal. El anexo del estudio de caso enumera los indicadores específicos que Fondo Esperanza usa para medir los resultados de los clientes en cuatro áreas: desarrollo empresarial, bienestar familiar, empoderamiento y capital social.

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Friendship Bridge Informe de Resultados de Clientas 2014-2016

Este informe presenta los Resultados de las Clientas 2014-2016, e incluye una exploración del progreso de Friendship Bridge (Guatemala) sobre sus metas sociales y los datos que documenten los cambios en las vidas de las clientas.

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Caso de estudio IDEPRO: un sistema integral de evaluación de impacto

Este caso detalla el camino de IDEPRO Desarrollo Empresarial (Bolivia) para desarrollar un sistema de evaluación de resultados e impacto. La experiencia de IDEPRO demuestra dos puntos críticos y relacionados. En primer lugar, la medición real de los resultados es esencial para determinar si una organización está logrando su misión social. En segundo lugar, el uso estratégico de los datos de resultados puede ayudar a una organización a avanzar en esa misión, al generar información valiosa en áreas como la gestión de riesgos, la retención de clientes y el diseño de productos. En última instancia, los buenos datos no solo miden los resultados, sino que ayudan a darles forma. La implementación de un sistema de monitoreo de resultados es una inversión cuyos beneficios, tanto para los clientes como para la institución, superan significativamente los costos.

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Case study of KOMIDA: A Journey to Implement the Universal Standards for Social Performance Management

This case study describes Koperasi Mitra Dhuafa’s (KOMIDA) journey to improve its implementation of the Universal Standards for Social Performance Management (“Universal Standards”).

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Building the System for Outcomes Management--Case Study from Komida as presented to Outcomes Working Group

Details Komida's process for choosing outcomes indicators to manage, deciding how to collect the data and how to manage the data. Presented to the Outcomes Working Group in 2016.

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Benefits Diagram or Theory of Change Example for Credit and Savings Groups

Shares an example of a theory of change or benefits diagram based on the evidence of impact for credit and savings groups.