Dear Leslie
Thank you for the update on impact. ... True that most microfinance impact studies employ methodologies that can only reflect partial picture of the true story. Their focus is often 'microcredit' and forget savings, insurance, etc. They take samples from diverse countries, different contexts, and assume every thing about the poor is the same. etc, etc. ... But what is still not well discussed in both the Grameen Foundation's study, as well as the six country RCTs is the issue often raised by people like Milford Bateman -- the issue that MICROCREDIR might actually be crowding out real entrepreneurs (distorting the markets, etc) by using 'scarce' financial resources to every poor (even when they don't have ready business). If the evidence tells us that the welfare of only some 5-10% are 'significantly positively impacted', could it be more appropriately targeted to selected few (perhaps employ approaches like BRAC 'graduation' model) as some countries are increasingly using it???.... I think this can be discussed more.... I believe you would find the discussion (by Milford) in the following link useful.
Regards
On Monday, January 11, 2016 8:21 PM, "Liselle Yorke lyorke@grameenfoundation.org [MicrofinancePractice]" <MicrofinancePractice@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Dear All:
I'm pleased to share the latest report in the Measuring the Impact of Microfinance series. Written by Kathleen Odell, it examined research published since 2010 (our first paper covered research up until 2005 and the second covered research between 2005 and 2010). The report is published in association with Accion, Dominican University, and the Microfinance CEO Working Group.
We encourage you to read the paper and Kathleen's blog on NextBillion, which ran today. Equally important, we'd love to get your feedback on future directions for research on financial inclusion.
Sincerely,
Liselle
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