Case Studies & Papers

  • Grameen Koota: Tracking Clients' Progress out of Poverty
  • Using the PPI  to  reveal their clients’ movement up the economic ladder
  • The case study explores how Grameen Koota, a leading socially-focused microfinance institution in India, is using the Progress out of Poverty Index® (PPI®) to measure and track its clients movement out of poverty. The case study shows a notable reduction in the poverty rates of Grameen Koota's clients and presents a more in-depth, multidimensional picture of their lives.

  • Rapid Response in the Wake of Disaster:
  • Using the PPI to Design and Support Fonkoze’s Earthquake Recovery Program
    Since 2008, Fonkoze has been using the poverty data collected through the PPI, in conjunction with food security data, to monitor and evaluate the progress of clients participating in its targeted programs for hurricane relief and is now also using it for earthquake recovery efforts. This case study profiles the innovative uses of the poverty assessment by Fonkoze.

  • PT Rekhan Usaha Mikro Anda (PT Ruma):
  • A Social Enterprise with an Explicit Double Bottom Line
    This case study shows how PT Ruma, the first technology-for-development initiative to use the PPI, applied its findings to guide twin goals to reach more poor women with its mobile phone business microfranchises and to affirm its social accountability to shareholders.
  • Progress out of Poverty Index™ at PRISMA Microfinance:
  • Using the PPI to Target and Serve Rural Poor Women
    This case study illustrates how PRISMA Microfinance, an MFI in Peru, has collected three years of PPI data to reach and serve its target clientele. It also discusses the challenges and opportunities that the institution is facing and how it plans to address them.
  • Progress out of Poverty Index™ en Microfinanzas PRISMA:
  • Uso del PPI para poder llegar y servir a las mujeres pobres de las zonas rurales
  • Progress out of Poverty Index™ (PPI™) Annual Report (2009-2010):
    The first annual report on the work of the Social Performance Management Center at the Grameen Foundation. This report presents activities and accomplishments by microfinance networks and institutions worldwide using the PPI and focuses on PPI deployment, network partnerships, and innovative practices of PPI use.
  • The PPI at Fonkoze: Applying Client Research to Programs & Services:

    This case study describes how Fonkoze, an early adopter of the PPI, piloted and implemented the tool into its operations, successfully identifying its poorest clients and shaping programs to meet their unique needs. It also talks about Fonkoze's Social Impact Monitors (SIM) initiative which helps provide management with timely information about its products and services, create another level of quality control, and build client trust.

  • El PPI™ En Fonkoze: Cómo Aplicar los Estudios de Clientes a los Programas y Servicios

    Este estudio de caso describe cómo Fonkoze -una de las primeras instituciones en adoptar el PPI- realizó una prueba piloto e implementó exitosamente esta herramienta en sus operaciones identificando a sus clientes más pobres y elaborando programas para satisfacer sus necesidades. También describe el programa de los Vigilantes del Impacto Social (SIM), los cuales proporcionan información a la gerencia sobre el desempeño de sus productos y servicios, realizan un control de calidad a la información y fomentan la confianza de los clientes.

  • Grameen Foundation: A Vision for Social Performance:
    This paper describes how social performance management tools can be a positive force for changing the profile of poverty throughout the world. It focuses on four areas: Knowing your clients, serving your clients, growing poverty-focused microfinance, and understanding the impact upon your clients.