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The Impact of Development Finance: Where are We and Where are We Going?
Improving the impact of impact assessments
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This document describes an action research program that seeks to build on the priorities, experiences and agendas of a previous impact assessment (IA) and to develop a credible and useful IA. The aim of the program is to empower development finance organizations (DFOs) and:
- Make them more proactive in developing their own learning systems;
- Enable informed internal decision making;
- Satisfy the requirements of external stakeholders, donors;
- Develop understanding and improve the impact of development finance on poverty.
The paper also describes the ideas shared in a workshop that was held as part of the program. The workshop provided participants with an opportunity to:
- Share their experiences of IA;
- Identify themes and issues for the development of a coherent research program;
- Present new IA methodologies to improve the delivery and impact of microfinance;
- Contribute to knowledge in the microfinance sector.
This paper draws on the written and oral presentations of workshop participants, as well as other documents to outline:
- The perspectives of donors and international organizations on IA;
- Main approaches and experiences of IA of DFOs;
- Themes identified for this program to consider in the subsequent phases.
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