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Abbreviations ................................................................................................................ ii
1. Background on Microfinance and the Compact in Benin ...................................... 1
2. Description of the Project Activities ........................................................................ 2
Challenge Grant Facility (Groups S1, S2, and S3) ..................................................... 2
The Enabling Environment ......................................................................................... 3
Cellule de Surveillance des Structures Financières Décentralisées (CSSFD) ...... 3
Credit Bureau (CEI-RCIF) .................................................................................... 4
National Committee for Microfinance ......................................................................... 5
Program Logic ........................................................................................................... 5
3. Evaluation Methodology ........................................................................................... 8
Implementation Evaluation ......................................................................................... 8
Performance Evaluation – S1 and S2 Grantees of the Challenge Facility .................. 9
Performance Evaluation – S3 Grantees of the Challenge Facility ............................ 14
Performance Evaluation – Enabling Environment .................................................... 16
CSSFD .............................................................................................................. 16
Credit Bureau (CEI) ........................................................................................... 17
Inability to Attribute Causality ................................................................................... 17
4. Data Sources ........................................................................................................... 19
5. Risk Factors ............................................................................................................. 20
Appendix: Evaluation Questions and Sources of Data ............................................ 21
Annex I –Institutional Information on Major MFIs .................................................... 24
PEBCo (S2) ............................................................................................................. 24
ALIDé (S1) ............................................................................................................... 25
CEFAD (S1) ............................................................................................................. 25
PADME (S1) ............................................................................................................ 26
Annex II – Key Information on Selected S3 Projects................................................ 27
Annex III: List of Organizations and People Met During the Design Process ........ 29
MCA / MCC and USG .............................................................................................. 29
Microfinance Institutions .......................................................................................... 29
Other Agencies in the Microfinance Sector .............................................................. 30
Medium Small and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs) ....................................................... 30 |
