Microfinance: Social Impact & Social Return
| New Financial Ratios for Microfinance Reporting (PDF) - Feature article in the December MicroBanking Bulletin, discussing the industry-wide effort to identify and implement financial reporting standards for microfinance institutions. |
| Debt Investment as a Tool For Value Transfer in Biodiversity Conservation(PDF) and Strategies (PDF) - This paper proposes the development of a new approach to environmental conservation by rewarding local environmental land protection in poor communities through access to credit and affordable financial services. |
| USAID ARIES Afghanistan - SME Development Workshop Report (PDF) - Social Enterprise Associates, working in conjunction with the Academy for Educational Development, has prepared this summary of a recent workshop in Kabul, Afghanistan. |
| Conservation Letters (LINK) - Co-authored with James T. Mandel and Dr. Josh Donlan, et. al. of Advanced Conservation Strategies. This paper proposes the development of a new approach to poverty alleviation and environmental conservation, joining the two by rewarding local environmental land protection in poor communities as collateral for access to credit and affordable financial services. |
| To Serve Millions, Not Hundreds (PDF) - Powerpoint presentation originally developed for ECDC Enterprise Development Group (EDG) of a model for U.S. microfinance to address scale in making a meaningful impact in the lives of low income people and immigrant populations. |
| Washington Post article 12/11/06 (PDF) - Drew Tulchin was interviewed on U.S. microfinance in his role as Director of Enterprise Development Group (EDG) www.entdevgroup.org. |
| Orientation to Microfinance: MFI 101 (PDF) – Social Enterprise Associates introduction to this topic. |
| SEEP Progress Note #12, Social Return on Investment and Microfinance (PDF) - Co-authored with Didier Thys and Chandni Ohri. Information on social return on investment (SROI) and its value for the microfinance industry and microfinance managers. |
| Measuring Social Return for the Microfinance Industry & Microcredit with Education Programs (PDF, PowerPoint or Web Page) – Paper won 2nd place at BYU''s Center for MicroEnterprise Call for Papers, March, 2004, on microfinance and the double bottom line, measured through credit with education programs. |
| Measuring Investment: A First Step in Social Return for Microfinance (Powerpoint) - Presentation on Social Return on Investment for Microfinance, given at the SEEP Network Conference, October, 2003, in conjunction with additional work done for the Mix Market, www.themix.org. |
| Impact Analysis and Social Return on Investment (SROI) in Microfinance (PDF) – Chapter on social return from Prisma Microfinance''s business plan (co-authored) that won an award from the Global Social Venture Competition. |
| Microfinance as a Sustainable Tool in Urban Poverty Alleviation, Research Outline (PDF) - Research Agenda and Project Outline for the role microfinance has in development - how national actors and international donors can maximize its positive impacts. |
| Materials for an Introduction to Microfinance: Microfinance 101(PDF) is a presentation explaining how to get involved with microfinance through Social Enterprise Associates. Eleven Suggestions to work in microfinance(PDF) gives step-by-step advice to individuals interested in getting a job in the microfinance sector. |
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