In Manila, Philippines this October the Small Enterprise Foundation (SEF) was honored as a one of the first seven Milestone MFIs recognized by Truelift. Recognized at the Truelift Achiever milestone, SEF received the highest total score of all those assessed by Truelift for their strong model of poverty-focused microfinance in South Africa. Over the next … Continue reading
ACCESS Assist is hosting the annual Microfinance India Summit next week, featuring several events on poverty-focused microfinance. Join Truelift Executive Director, J.D. Bergeron, and many other industry leaders in renewing the focus on the pro-poor objective of microfinance. ALL events will be held in New Delhi, India as part of the Microfinance India Summit. Working Conversations for … Continue reading
Where did the indicators come from? The Truelift Assessment methodology has been a long time in making – beginning with the original conception of the standards in 2010, through two years and two rounds of testing the framework and indicators by the Microfinance Technical Review Committee (MTRC), to where we are today with the final set of indicators … Continue reading
MF Transparency’s recent blog post on Regulation in Microfinance highlights some important issues around transparent pricing in the industry: “What are the next steps required for regulators to adopt…best practices [in pricing transparency]? What are the political obstacles and how can advocates for the microfinance industry help overcome them? Are there organizations that have a … Continue reading
Check out the video below from Oxfam’s Debbie Hillier on resilience and inequality. Read more from Hillier on this topic in this post. Also take a look at our earlier post on health shocks and Healthy Financial Services. What is the role of the microfinance sector in building resilience and reducing inequality?
Do you track progress of people living in poverty? Know someone who does? We need your input! Choose one of the TWO ways below to submit your tool for Tracking Progress of People Living in Poverty – email or the form below. Once you have submitted we will follow-up with you as soon possible. To learn more about … Continue reading
At this year’s annual meeting of the Social Performance Task Force in Panama, participants broke into groups to discuss potential solutions for three critical challenges in implementing social performance management: How can the SPTF Universal Standards be integrated into institutional strategic planning? How can social data inform management decisions? How can expectations for social and … Continue reading
Lively discussion During the Technical Committee (TC) meetings leading up to the final methodology for Truelift Assessment and the Pro-Poor Principles, there was a great deal of discussion about non-financial services and whether or not they are essential to pro-poor microfinance. Initially, the TC explored a full dimension of the methodology dedicated to assessing non-financial services when undergoing … Continue reading
With the recent announcement of our name change to Truelift from the Pro-Poor Seal of Excellence, many are left wondering, “What is the Pro-Poor Seal of Excellence?” We would like to answer this question today, as well as explain how the Seal of Excellence fits into the greater Truelift initiative. The Pro-Poor Seal of Excellence … Continue reading
Pro-Poor Principles series On 15 May 2013 we announced our Pro-Poor Principles in a blog post, found here. In this continuing series of blog posts, we will elaborate on the path that brought us to these Pro-Poor Principles of microfinance. The principles will inform both the learning environment in our community of practice, as well as … Continue reading
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