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2022 Microfinance Index Top Performers

Ranked across 18 different indicators, these MFIs are the top performers in the 60 Decibels 2022 Microfinance Index.

The secret to lifting children out of poverty? Empowering women through microfinance

Since its founding, VisionFund has focused on serving women borrowers to uplift children out of poverty. Between September 2021 and September 2022, 60 Decibels interviewed 2,500+ clients, supporting 10,000+ children, across Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Guatemala, Mexico, and Rwanda.

LeapFrog’s Emerging Wealth and Health Index 2022

60 Decibels surveyed around 4,000 emerging consumers across eight emerging markets to build LeapFrog's Emerging Wealth and Health Index, a fascinating survey of the world's impact investing needs in two key sectors.

Southern Opportunity And Resilience (SOAR) Fund Insights

60 Decibels worked with Calvert Impact Capital & CRF USA to measure the impact of the SOAR Fund; these loans were critical for many businesses as they recover from COVID-19's worst impacts.

Omidyar Network India’s Listening Report 2022

What we learned from the people ONI's entrepreneurs serve.

The 2022 MFI Index

A social performance report of 72 MFI organizations, collected through the voices of 17,956 clients.

Microfinance Results Depend A Lot On Where Borrowers Live

A recent study of microfinance borrowers shows that, on the whole, their loans led to improvements in their standard of living. But the impact also depended on the region and country those people inhabit.

Experience of Polio Vaccinators with Digital Payments

We surveyed vaccinators who participated in the polio campaigns in Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Tanzania and Zimbabwe

A lifeline for relief, CDFIs are even more essential now for the recovery of under-banked businesses

By Lindsay Smalling

New York Forward Loan Fund Insights

More than 25 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) came together during the pandemic to build recovery programs that expanded access to credit for un- and under-banked small businesses.

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2022 Microfinance Index Top Performers

The secret to lifting children out of poverty? Empowering women through microfinance

LeapFrog’s Emerging Wealth and Health Index 2022

Southern Opportunity And Resilience (SOAR) Fund Insights

Omidyar Network India’s Listening Report 2022

The 2022 MFI Index

Microfinance Results Depend A Lot On Where Borrowers Live

Experience of Polio Vaccinators with Digital Payments

A lifeline for relief, CDFIs are even more essential now for the recovery of under-banked businesses

New York Forward Loan Fund Insights

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