Partner publications
Findings and experiences from Imp-Act Programme partners are available below.
CARD, Philippines
CARD & Freedom from Hunger (November 2001) Results from Client Assessment Approaches for Progress Tracking Workshop
CARD is developing an ongoing system of information collection to evaluate the quality of programme implementation and find out whether there is evidence that aims concerning client impacts and benefits, client satisfaction and service quality are being achieved. A staff training workshop in 2001 showed that with only minimal disruption to their regular work schedules frontline staff can very effectively elicit feedback from clients and make practical suggestions based on this information. Frontline staff members demonstrated that they are a tremendously valuable resource for the continued evolution and improvement of CARD services.
Joyas, L., and Aniceta Alip (April 2003) Institutionalizing Impact Assessment: Case Study on the Philippines
CERUDEB, Uganda
Schreiner, M., (February 2003) Credit Scoring: Centenary Rural Development Bank
CERUDEB has implemented a new banking software system which incorporates new and modified fields for capturing impact monitoring and credit scoring data. The bank received assistance from external consultants Gary Woller and Mark Schreiner in developing a framework and indicators as well as questions for impact monitoring and credit scoring.
LAPO, Nigeria
Garuba, Stanley (August 2004) Findings Report from the LAPO Client Exit Study 2003
This reports examines in detail the goals of, methodology for, and findings of LAPO's client exit study work, conducted as part of their Imp-Act research.
LAPO (September 2004) Final Imp-Act Report
This report provides an overview of LAPO's work with the Imp-Act Programme, detailing the process of developing a social performance management system that responds to their institutional needs, as well as the needs of the clients and other stakeholders. The report discusses LAPO's organisational context, research objectives and activities, findings and lessons learned as they relate to the key messages of the Imp-Act Programme.
PRADAN, India
Noponen, H., (February 2002) The Internal Learning System: Assessing Impact, Addressing Participant and Program Learning Needs
PRADAN's adaptation of the Internal Learning System aims to create simple analysis and planning formats that encourage participants to understand their changing situation, alter their own individual and group plans or behavior, summon needed training inputs and demand services, negotiate with financial intermediaries and challenge inequitable structures and practices. At an organisational level, ILS will inform PRADAN about how well groups are progressing in of these each realms, and ILS will be integrated into PRADAN's standard operating procedure of promoting Self Help Groups.
Mayoux, L. (ed.) 2003. Sustainable Learning for Women's Empowerment: Ways Forward in Microfinance. New Delhi: Samskriti Publishers.
This book brings together papers by activists and academics involved in innovation in microfinance impact assessment and grassroots learning methodologies. In the section on women and empowerment D Narendranath (PRADAN) writes about 'Participatory Learning Systems for Self Help Groups in PRADAN', giving an overview of PRADAN's views of the roles and potential of self-help groups and the ways in which participatory learning could strengthen them. Helzi Noponen also writes a review of her work to develop internal learning systems with a number of large microfinance programmes including PRADAN and ASA. It outlines the origins and development of the different methodologies and tools and how these have been adapted in the different types of programme. The book is available from Samskriti Publishers, New Delhi (samskriti@vsnl.com) as well as from the British Library for Development Studies at IDS.
SEF, South Africa
Community Microfinance Network Monograph No. 1, (2003) Small Enterprise Foundation: South Africa's Premiere Pro-Poor Microlender
This paper, the first in a series of CMN Monographs, details the background of the Small Enterprise Foundation (SEF), the types of microfinance services it provides, the social intermediation methodologies employed, its poverty targeting strategies and client profile, its impact and key challenges. The chapter on impact, in particular, outlines SEF's approach to impact assessment, which includes livelihood studies, case studies and an on-going impact monitoring system, including its impact on the very poor, who are targeted using a special microenterprise lending programme, the Tšhomišano Credit Programme (TCP).
