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The Premier Source for Microfinance Data and Analysis
This presentation is the proprietary and/or confidential information of MIX, and all rights are reserved by MIX. Any dissemination, distribution or copying of this presentation without MIX’s prior written permission is strictly prohibited.
Microfinance Information Exchange
Gender Indicators TestMicol Pistelli Amman, November 20th, 2013
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66 replies Gender-equality
focused MFIs vs. Control group
The survey
REGION Gender-focused
Control group
East Asia and the Pacific (EAP)
3 4
Easter Europe and Central Asia (ECA)
11 8
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
19 6
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
2 1
South Asia 7 1
Africa 4 0
TOTAL 46 20
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INDICATOR 1: Percentage of new female borrowers
EASY? Yes No
Gender-focused 44 2
Control group 19 1
USEFUL? Yes No I don't know
Gender-focused 43 0 0
Control group 15 2 3
Easy and useful…but not commonly tracked
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INDICATOR 2: Female borrowers retention rate
EASY? Yes NoGender-focused 44 2Control group 19 1
USEFUL? Yes No I don't knowGender-focused 43 0 0
Control group 15 2 3Easy and useful…but not commonly tracked
Borrower retention rate – MIX’s formula
Number of active borrowers current year / (New borrowers current year + Number of active borrowers previous year).
In our example, FY2012 is the current year and FY2011 is the previous year.
Data show that female retention rate is higher
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INDICATOR 3: Average female loan balance
EASY? Yes No
Gender-focused 44 2
Control group 18 2
USEFUL? Yes No I don't know
Gender-focused 43 2 1
Control group 15 3 2
Easy, useful and tracked
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Average loan balance from a gender lens
Gender-focused Control groupFemale Male Female Male
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INDICATOR 4: Portfolio at risk >30 by gender
EASY? Yes No Valid answer
Gender-focused 25 20 25
Control group 18 2 13
USEFUL? Yes No I don't knowGender-focused 42 1 0
Control group 15 3 2
Useful but not so easy and not consistently tracked
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INDICATOR 5: Female staff retention rate
EASY? Yes No
Gender-focused 44 1
Control group 18 2
USEFUL? Yes No I don't know
Gender-focused 37 2 5
Control group 12 5 3
Easy, useful and tracked
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MFIs show low female representation across staff and Board
No correlation between gender equality agenda and presence of women among staff
MIX data:
Asia is the region with the lowest percentage of female staff
Women are still low represented at the board and management level
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Other indicators tested
Useful but difficult to track and report on
Financial literacy by gender
Poverty outreach
Clients’ children at school Unclear how useful and difficult to track and report on
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