Read more
Informationen zum Autor James Copestake lectures in economics and international development at the University of Bath, UK. He has previously published research on the impact of microfinance in India, Southern Africa and Latin America. Klappentext This book presents the findings of a five-year action research programme into how far poverty-oriented microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are contributing to global poverty reduction, and how they can do so more effectively. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction 1; James Copestake and Anton Simanowitz! with Katherine Knotts; Why money with a mission? 1; Core themes 3; Methodology of the Imp-Act programme 7; The participating organizations 13; 2 Sustainable poverty outreach 21; Martin Greeley; Introduction 21; An overview of industry experience 21; Experience of Imp-Act partners 28; Conclusion 43; 3 Direct material impacts 46; Martin Greeley; Introduction 46; An overview of industry experience 47; Imp-Act partner results 51; Conclusion 65; 4 Direct social impacts for the Millennium Development; Goals 66; Naila Kabeer; Introduction 66; Integrating the 'social' into impact assessment 67; The evidence for material impacts 72; The evidence for cognitive impacts 76; Reporting on behavioural change 80; Reporting on relational change 84; Reporting on composite findings 86; Lessons on impact from the impact assessments 88; Conclusion 96; 5 Wider impacts: social exclusion and citizenship 94; Naila Kabeer; Introduction 94; Conceptualizing wider impacts: social exclusion and citizenship 94; Linking contexts and strategies 96; Group dynamics and the construction of social capital 103; Building citizenship: participation in the community 109; Building citizenship: participation in policy and politics 115; Conclusion 123; 6 Impact in local financial markets 126; Susan Johnson; Introduction 126; Microfinance institutions in financial markets 126; Kenya 129; India 137; Uganda 145; Conclusion 153; 7 Organizational determinants of social performance 157; James Copestake; Introduction 157; Mission and vision 161; Operating environment 163; Operations 165; External relations 172; Conclusion 174; vi CONTENTS; 8 Institutionalizing social performance assessment 178; James Copestake; Introduction 178; Internal demand for SPA 181; External influences on demand for SPA 183; MFI internal capability 186; External support for SPA 189; Towards cost-effective SPA 198; Conclusion 204; 9 Conclusions 205; James Copestake and Anton Simanowitz; Overview 205; Trade-offs and the scope for improving social performance 209; Guidelines for more cost-effective social performance assessment 212; Wider interests and implications 217; Notes 223; References 236; Index 247 ...
