The publication of the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), advised by Finance in Motion, summarizes the results of the most recent impact study on EFSE’s effects on microentrepreneurs in Kosovo and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Read the publication
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Social Performance Management of the Microfinance Sector in the Caucasus and Central Asia
Social Performance Management (SPM) refers to the systems that organisations use to achieve their stated social goals and creating value for clients. The microfinance sector applies commercial means to achieve social ends. Microfinance institutions (MFIs) who translate their mission and values into measurable objectives are more likely to achieve strong social performance, such as: reaching the target market, delivering ...
Read MoreFinancial Inclusion Compass 2018: e-MFP Survey of Financial Inclusion Trends
The European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP) has launched the Financial Inclusion Compass 2018 – its new paper on emerging short, medium and long-term trends in the financial inclusion sector, based on a survey of e-MFP members and key industry stakeholders. The Compass was conceived to be a way to leverage e-MFP’s multi-stakeholder membership and position in the inclusive finance community, while ...
Read MoreThe Universal Standards for Social Performance Management – Where do we go from here?
The Microfinace Centre, the CERISE and the SPTF in cooperation with e-MFP Making Microfinance Responsible (MIR) Action Group have published brief “The Universal Standards for Social Performance Management – Where do we go from here?” The brief presents lessons from five years of promoting the Universal Standards for social performance management (SPM) for responsible microfinance and tries to answer ...
Read MoreSocial Performance Management in Microfinance: Infographic Report
Social performance management (SPM) refers to the systems that organizations use to achieve their stated social mission. As a part of Microfinance Centres’ ongoing efforts to promote social performance and support to MFC members in SPM implementation, we developed Social Performance Management Report based on data collected from 25 financial institutions, MFC Members from Europe. The Report presents current state of social ...
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