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Making Microfinance Investment Responsible – State of the Practice in Europe

This issue of European Dialogue is a follow up to the 2008 issue, “The Role of Investors in Promoting Social Performance”. The 2008 issue set out to take stock of investment funds' practices in terms of promoting and assessing social performance. In the last two years, practices have become more systematic and refined, as social performance assessments of MFIs have become commonplace. The time has come to see how far we've come to “Making Microfinance Investment Responsible”. What are investors doing to systematize social performance management at the MFI level, and what are they doing to improve their own practices as responsible investors?

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Driving Investment Decisions with Social Performance Information

This brief offers a glimpse into the inner workings of some european fund managers. drawing on in-depth interviews, it gives examples of the tools they rely on to make.

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Satya’s social mission, social goals, SMART objectives, and its indicators

Chart showing Satya Microcapital's mission, social goals, SMART objectives and indicators.

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LabODD: AccĂšs Ă  l’énergie: Un cadre commun de mesure des rĂ©sultats est-il possible?

Entre mai et juillet 2021, le Groupe Energie a menĂ© quatre ateliers autour d’une question primordiale : est-il possible de s’aligner sur un cadre commun de mesure des rĂ©sultats dans un secteur aussi diversifiĂ© que celui de l’accĂšs Ă  l’énergie ? CERISE publie un article pour prĂ©sente les principales conclusions de ces ateliers.

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LabODD: Access to energy: Is a common framework for outcome measurement possible?

Between May and July 2021, the Energy Group conducted four workshops around a crucial question: is it possible to align with a common framework for measuring outcomes in a sector as diverse as energy access? CERISE publishes an article that presents the main conclusions after these workshops

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Friendship Bridge (Guatemala) Client Segmentation by Poverty Profile

Description of Friendship Bridge (Guatemala)'s segmentation of its client by poverty level.

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MicroLoan Foundation (Malawi) Uses a Data Protocol

Description of the training and data protocols used by MicroLoan Foundation to ensure high quality, accurate data is collected related to client outcomes.

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Make Your Targets S.M.A.R.T

Table summarizing the meaning of the SMART acronym and how to use it to set better social goals and targets.

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Komida Sets Social Targets

Describes the process Komida in Indonesia used to set social goals and targets.

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KASHF Foundation Selects Social Indicators for Its Social Dashbord

Explains the process KASHF Foundation used to select indicators for its social dashboard.

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