Microfinance Impact Evaluation: A Managerial Perspective

Yadav, Manoj K (2011): Microfinance Impact Evaluation: A Managerial Perspective.

Abstract

The objective of this concept note was to introduce Impact Evaluation and highlight its need and importance during these turbulent times. As it turns out that Impact Evaluation holds promise to a host of benefits to the MFIs ranging from consumer insights to launching of new products and services and from better reporting standards to performance measurement. It will gain further prominence in coming days as focus of various stakeholders undergoes drastic shift towards social performance and understanding the consumer behavior. Not only it will be a strategic exercise but it will be adopted as a risk mitigation tool for identifying loopholes and appropriate measures to plug them.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Microfinance, Impact Evaluation,
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I30 - General

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