The document discusses microfinance and social performance management tools. It introduces the Grameen Foundation, which uses microfinance to alleviate poverty. It then discusses the Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI), a tool used to measure poverty levels of microfinance clients and understand how poverty changes over time. The PPI can help microfinance institutions adjust their products and services, ensure they reach their target populations, and improve poverty outcomes over time through strategic portfolio segmentation and targeting.

1. MaRS Social Entrepreneurship Summit 2008 Nigel Biggar Grameen Foundation [email_address] www.progressoutofpoverty.org

3. Microfinance Is a Proven Poverty-Alleviation Tool

7. PPI Fundamentals: Basic use India Client Response Weighted Numeric Value 8 0 Indicators 4 Points

8. PPI Fundamentals: PPI score 8 0 4 0 6 2 0 5 0 0 25 PPI Score

9. Poverty Likelihoods PPI score of 25 Poverty Likelihood

11. Targeting: poverty distribution for entering clients Original (2005) Target (2009) NWTF (Philippines)

12. Portfolio Segmentation

13. Targeting and segmentation: three products for three poverty groups