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Julie Peachey
• 11/20/17
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Since Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) became the new home of the PPI in 2016, IPA has proven to be an excellent fit for further scaling the PPI, as we are able to tap into its survey and data quality expertise in country offices around the world. Over the past year, we have made great progress towards our objective of having a long-term sustainable model for the tool, including a technical team and scorecard development capacity that is institutionalized at IPA.

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Julie Peachey
• 11/13/17
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Editor's note: This post originally appeared on the Impact Management Project blog.

blog post that I recently read about concepts in ICT for Development (ICT4D) introduced me to the German word ‘Eierlegendewollmilchsau’.  Despite having a father who immigrated to the US from Germany and learning German in high school, I had never heard that word before. The idea of an “egg-laying wool-milk-sow” soon made me think of all the things that international development practitioners want a measurement tool to do for them. They want an ‘all-in-one’.

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Julie Peachey
• 10/31/17
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In 2016, we formed the PPI Alliance to provide the needed funding and governance structure for the PPI’s future as a global standard for household-level poverty measurement. PPI moved its home from that of its incubator, Grameen Foundation, to Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA). It’s a little more than one year after that move, and I’m thrilled to share that we have some exciting changes to announce!

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amrikcooper
• 10/17/17
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Editor's note: This post, authored by Amrik Cooper of SurveyCTO, originally appeared on the SurveyCTO blog.

We are pleased to announce our first pre-built SurveyCTO form, in collaboration with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA).

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Injaro
• 06/15/17
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Injaro’s current fund, Injaro Agricultural Capital Holdings Limited (IACHL), with US$49 million under management, was established in 2012 to invest in small to medium size companies along the agricultural value chain in West Africa. With investments in ten companies located in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, IACHL is the largest fund investing 100% of its funds in the West African agricultural sector. We aim to become the premier conduit for capital to SMEs in West Africa by supporting entrepreneurs in developing strong businesses that will be a catalyst for economic growth and improve the livelihood of the communities in which they operate. We will achieve this by deploying capital efficiently and by actively developing our investees to generate strong returns for our investors and sustainable impact within the communities where our investees operate.

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Catholic Relief Services
• 05/29/17
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An interview with Samuel Beecher, Research Officer, Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services (CRS), founded in 1943 by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, seeks to preserve and uphold the sacredness and dignity of all human life, foster charity and justice, and embody Catholic social and moral teachings to promote human development in the United States and abroad.

In partnership with the MasterCard Foundation (MCF), CRS started the Expanding Financial Inclusion (EFI) in Africa program in 2014. To this end, the project aims to create 19,200 new Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC) groups with 502,320 members using the Private Service Provider (PSP) methodology in four countries in Africa—Burkina Faso, Senegal, Uganda, and Zambia—by September of 2017. The goal of EFI is to expand financial service access to vulnerable households to improve their resilience. EFI’s monitoring and evaluation team uses the PPI to measure the depth of poverty outreach among SILC group members and comparison households in the community.

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iDE
• 05/25/17
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An interview with Chris Nicoletti, iDE

International Development Enterprises (iDE) has been putting business to work for the poor for more than three decades, using market-based solutions to change the living conditions and livelihoods of millions of people around the globe. iDE began using the PPI in 2013 for a series of quasi-experimental impact evaluations of micro-irrigation programs in Ethiopia, Ghana and Zambia.

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Swisscontact
• 05/15/17
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An interview with Manfred Borer, Swisscontact

Swisscontact is a business-oriented foundation for international development cooperation. Working in 34 countries with over 1,200 team members, we have been fostering economic, social, and environmental development since 1959.

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Oikocredit
• 04/13/17
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An interview with Yolirruth Nuńez and Kawien des Plantes

Oikocredit is a worldwide cooperative with a mission to promote responsible investment. It provides financial services and supports organizations that improve the quality of life of low-income people or communities in a sustainable way.

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Upaya Social Ventures
• 03/23/17
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Upaya Social Ventures creates dignified jobs for the poorest of the poor in India by building scalable businesses with investment and consulting support. To date, we have invested in 12 businesses that have collectively created over 4,100 jobs for people living in marginalized communities.

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