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Monitoring and Evaluation

Designing effective microfinance impact assessment systems (pdf 224kb)

This paper looks specifically at the benefits of designing and implementing effective practitioner focused client and impact assessment.

It considers the types of questions microfinance institutions (MFIs) should be asking and looks at developing indicators. It makes the point that impact assessment must be context-specific, taking into consideration the type of information to be gathered and the purpose of this information.

 

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