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"MicroStart: Finding and Feeding Breakthroughs" : Table of Contents

Midterm Evaluation
Prepared for UNCDF/SUM
10 December 1999
Elisabeth Rhyne and Jill Donahue

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Table of Contents

Key to Acronyms

Foreword by Henry Jackelen, Director, SUM

I. Introduction

• The Midterm Evaluation Process
• Overall Conclusions and Main Messages

II. Does It Make Sense for UNDP to Help Launch Small and New Organizations?

A. MFI Performance in Countries Visited: A Few Numbers

B. What keeps MicroStart from selecting more high-performing organizations?

C. The Art of Selecting Promising MFIs

D. Recommendations

III. Can Technical Service Providers Add Significant Value?

A. Summary of TSP Performance in Countries Visited

B. Creating Effective Capacity Building Relationships

C. Other TSP Issues

D. Recommendations on TSPs

IV. Are Small Capital Grants Worthwhile?

A. The Value of TA is Greater than the Value of Money

B. Structuring Funding Relationships

C. Helping MicroStart MFIs with Long Run Funding Strategies

D. Flexibility on Funding

E. Credit Union Funding

F. Funding Recommendations

V. Can MicroStart Have a Significant Impact on Policy and the Environment for Microfinance?

A. Advisory Boards and Government Policy Makers

B. MicroStart and Government Funding Apexes

C. Influence on Donor Policy

D. Recommendations

VI. Is MicroStart a Successful Microfinance Strategy for UNDP? *

A. UNDP Country Offices

B. The Role of SUM

C. Recommendations

VI. Points of Intervention

A. Assessment Stage

B. TSP Selection and Agreements

C. MFI Selection and Agreements

D. Implementation Stage

E. Completion and Renewal Stage

Annexes:

Morocco Case Study [ html ] [ pdf ]

Ivory Coast Case Study [ html ]

Philippines Case Study [ html ]