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Poverty-focused

Microfinance

Welcome to our community of practice on:

Brought to you by:

The Social Performance Task Force

and the Pro-Poor Seal of Excellence


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WhydoweneedagroupforPoverty-focusedMicrofinance?

1.4 billion people in the world living on less than $1.25

Over 200 million clients served globally, and growing


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WhydoweneedagroupforPoverty-focusedMicrofinance?


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Wheretheindustryismoving

WORKINGON ACCOUNTABILITY


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*GraphicfromSPTF.infoPPTIntroductiontoSocialPerformance

Seal ofExcellence

WhatistheroleofthePro-PoorSealofExcellence?


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Measurepovertyoutreach

Learnabout client needsand preferences

Changeservices tocreate better outcomes

Poverty Outreach. Positive and Enduring Change.

WhatisthePro-PoorSealofExcellence?


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WhatdoestheSealaimtoachieve?

Positiveandenduringchangeforpeoplelivinginpoverty

Creatingalearningenvironmenttosharepovertyresultsbestpractices

AttractingmoreMFIsandfunderstopursuepovertyalleviationaspartoftheircoremission


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WhatisdifferentabouttheSeal?


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TheSealdefinesajourney


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WhatdoesthejourneytowardstheSeallooklike?

Outreach to Poor People Services that Meet the Needs of Poor People Tracking Progress for Poor People

Three Dimensions of the Seal

From Aspiration to LeadershipProgressive Levels of the Seal


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WhatdoesaPro-PoorMFIlooklike?

A financial service provider receiving the Pro-PoorSeal of Excellence serves as a beacon by whichothers can navigate toward the same destination services that reach the poor and make a real

difference in their lives. Not that the Seal recipient is perfect! This

financial service provider is simply farther thanothers along one of several possible routes to the

destination. They are leaders that others can follow.They set an example to inspire and guide othersalong three dimensions.


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Outreach to Poor People:A Seal recipient has shown that at least some of its

services reach people who are poor by comparison to

the great majority of their countrymen, even bycomparison to the great majority of humanity. They candocument this outreach because they actually measurethe poverty of some or all of their clientsusing somereasonably accurate and credible measure of poverty.

The measurement shows not only their success inreaching poor clients, but also their firm intention to doso.



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Meet the Needs of Poor Clients:A Seal recipient has shown that at least some of itsservices/products are designed specifically for poorpeople. They show this by the evidence of their service/product design processes: they know who among theirclients are poor; they study the needs and constraints ofthese poor clients; they design and test services/products specifically for these clients, and adjustaccording to the response of these clients until

confident that the clients are using the services/products in ways likely to bring benefits to themselvesand their families.



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CommunityofPracticeAspiring

EmergingPractitioner

FirstLevel

AchieverSecondLevel

LeaderTopLevel

ProgressiveLevelsofthePro-PoorSealofExcellence

There are progressive levels ofthe Seal, which reflect both thequality of documentation of thethree dimensions above and theprogress of the service provideralong a path toward its pro-poor

destination. Any service provider with

serious intent can join thelowest, most inclusive levelacommunity of practice of pro-poor fellow travelers.

Members learn from each otherand especially from their peerswho have achieved higher levelsof the Seal.


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SocialLens

Gender

Youth

RuralGreen

Poverty

FocusingalensofPoverty


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Whatdowemeanbypoverty?%ofpopulationbelowpovertylines

Bolivia Senegal Philippines

$2/day(2009 est.)

$1.25/day(2008)

$1.25/day(2005)

$1.25/day(2009 est.)

Natl Poverty line(2011)

Natl Poverty Line(2009 est.)


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Regionalcountrypovertyrates%householdsbelowdifferentpovertylines

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AFRICA SEASIA LAC MENA EECA

Na-onal $1.25 $2.50

Data for countries with PPI: Reliable recent national data, different poverty lines (Mark Schreiner, GF)


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Thetrade-off:Accuratemethodology/difficultyofdatacollection

Povertymeasurementinvolves avariety ofcomplexfactors

Many of themeasures usedvary regionally

A comprehensivemethodology shouldcapture thespecificities of

regional factors andvariability

Collectinggood data isexpensive!

A wholly accessiblemethodology shouldbe easy to understand

and implement

As a first step, we are benchmarking poverty as the bottom 40%.From there we can account for more specific regional factors.

To require that acertain type ofdata be availablecan beprohibitive


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Regionalcountrypovertyrates%householdsbelowdifferentpovertylines

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AFRICA SEASIA LAC MENA EECA

Na-onal $1.25 $2.50

Data for countries with PPI: Reliable recent national data, different poverty lines (Mark Schreiner, GF)

Bottom 40%


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WhatisoursharedvisionforPoverty-focusedMicrofinance?

We would like to open this discussion:

What does our shared vision look like? What are we striving for? What are the most important pieces of the puzzle?

T d G


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CARMENVELASCOCo-Founder,

ProMujer

ExecutiveCommitteeChair,Pro-PoorSealofExcellence

EM

MANUELLE

JAVOYManaging

Director,Planet

Rating

TechnicalCommittee,Pro-Poor

SealofExcellence

LISAKUHNF

RAIOLI

VicePresidentforLatinAmerica,

FreedomforHunger(former)

SteeringCommittee,Imp-ActConsortium&

LatinAmericanNetworkforGenderJusticeinEconomic

Development

TodaysGuests


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WhatisoursharedvisionforPoverty-focusedMicrofinance?

The poverty-focused community of practice, over the long term, willdevelop models that assure sustainability and long lasting changesin clients lives. The goal is to set a vision for the sector that

prioritizes effective poverty outreach and quality data collection andanalysis. Balancing earnings with strong client relationships and

accountability for measurable results can reinvigorate the role of

financial services as a powerful tool and platform in the fight againstpoverty.

We propose the following as a starting point:


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Sendusyourthoughts!

What topics would you like to discuss? Do you have suggestions for the format of the sessions?

Would you like to hear from certain people or organizations?

[email protected]


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UpcomingEvents

Save the Dates!

Wednesday, April 3rd

Wednesday, May 1stTimes TBA

The Poverty-focused Microfinance communityof practice will have regular meetings the firstWednesday of every month.


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WholeadstheSeal?

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