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Date:August 9, 2012Posted By:Access AdvisoryCategory:Development FinanceTag:social performance management

Social Performance Management (SPM) Training for Microfinance Institutions

Social Performance Management (SPM) is a management tool used to translate the mission statement of microfinance institutions into reality and be able to keep track on how they perform in line with the internationally and socially accepted indicators. This will ensure that MFIs will continue to serve the poor, despite the issue of commercialization and…

How to prevent MFIs to be channels of money laundering

Microfinance institutions providing financial intermediation functions can be used as conduits of money laundering and terrorism financing. With MFIs, it is even harder to track down since transfer of money in small amounts through a non-profit “charitable” institutions may not be monitored effectively. Deterring people with motives to use MFIs as a channel of their…