Targeting the poor
Reaching poor people in need of financial service is the first step in achieving our mission. Measuring change in their lives tells us whether there is progress. Measuring change in people’s lives is not easy but tools like the Progress out of Poverty Index™ are helpful.
The PPI is a ten-question survey tool developed by Grameen Foundation. This survey tool enables MFIs to accurately select clients that are poor. In addition, implementation of the tool over time provides information whether clients have moved out of poverty. Oikocredit promotes the implementation of PPI among its partners to ensure they reach out to the poor and that MFIs do not shift to other target groups.
| The PPI in Asia Three project partners in the Philippines started to use the PPI after piloting the tool in 2008. A year later, six other partners in the Philippines decided to follow. In 2010, Oikocredit introduced the tool to project partners in Cambodia. ASKI, Paginupdanay and RSPI have successfully integrated data collection into their operations and are developing further policies based on the outcome of the PPI. Data from these three MFIs show that clients have moved out of poverty. In total nine project partners in the Philippines and two in Cambodia received assistance to use the PPI. |
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