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Microfinance

​Read more about the people and projects that demonstrate NORC's expertise in Microfinance.

Representative Projects

IFC Indonesia Small and Medium Enterprise Banking Survey. The IFC contracted NORC to develop a survey that can be used by commercial banks to identify attractive market segments; determine appropriate channel, product, and marketing strategies; and inform decisions to accelerate or grow SME banking operations. More

Impact Evaluation of Development Programs in Benin and the Republic of Georgia. NORC has partnered with the Urban Institute to carry out impact evaluations of development programs funded through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The evaluation will assess the program contributions to economic growth, job creation, and increased household incomes, and will help guide the design of future programs. More

MCA Burkina Faso Agricultural Data Collection in the Sourou Valley and Comoe Basin. NORC, together with its local Burkina partner CERFODES, is designing the study sample, developing all data collection tools, and gathering data that will be used to monitor and conduct impact evaluations of MCA-Burkina programs. More

MCC Impact Evaluation Services in Benin. NORC is designing, coordinating, and implementing rigorous impact evaluations of the Access to Land and Access to Credit components of MCC's programs in Benin. The impact evaluations will measure the contribution of these interventions to changing household income in the project intervention areas as well as examine the total value of additional investment on targeted rural land parcels. 
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Mongolia Microfinance Impact Evaluation. NORC carried out a survey for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and XacBank, a Mongolian micro-finance institution, to assess the effectiveness of models of lending.  The project focused on poor women offered micro-credits  by XacBank. More

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News University of Missouri News Bureau: Economy and age affects investment risk tolerance, with data from the Survey of Consumer Finance More
Posted: 1.5.2012 2:26PM