Evaluating Mission Drift In Microfinance: Lessons For Programs With Social Mission  

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Hishigsuren, Gaamaa

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Evaluation Review vol. 31 no. 3 (Jun. 2007), page 203-260.
Topik: microfinance; mission drift; poverty alleviation; scaling up
Fulltext: 203.pdf (206.7KB)

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The article contributes to a better understanding of implications of scaling up on the social mission of microfinance programs. It proposes a methodology to measure the extent, if any, to which a microfinance program with a poverty alleviation mission drifts away from its mission during rapid scaling up and presents findings from a field research using the proposed methodology at Activists for Social Alternatives (ASA), a microfinance organization that serves poor women in rural India. The findings indicate that mission drift is not a result of deliberate decisions by the management or board but rather is a result of the challenges posed by the scaling-up process. At times, changing trends in social outcomes were not obvious, and management was not aware of the changes indicated by the proposed measures of social performance.

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