Resource ID: INDIGO-ARES-0069
Link: https://www.microcreditsummit.org/about-the-summits.html
To determine whether and where clients of microfinance institutions are
leaving poverty, defined as moving from below US$1/day to above that
threshold
There are three prongs to this methodology: (1) analyzing existing data about a microcredit client’s movement across US$1/day; (2) administering new surveys to establish baseline data for entering clients so their progress can be tracked over time; and (3) commissioning expert panels of top poverty researchers in various countries with high concentration of microfinance activities to ensure that accurate estimates of client’s net exit from below U.S. $1/day is captured. The second item is a poverty scorecard of 10 questions that loan officers administer during loan applications and maintenance interviews with clients to measure the poverty level of their clients at entry and periodically over time
Impact goal: Development poverty reduction
Internal/external: External, Internal
Leader: Microcredit Summit Campaign
Method: Surveys, Attribution, Ex ante projections, Diff in diff statistical analysis
Output format: Monetary valuation
Scale: Macro
Sourcing: Self driven
Time frame: Ongoing, Prospective, Retrospective
Type: Framework
Used in sectors: Charity, Development, Microfinance
Who: Third sector
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