ASA Pakistan Limited

Gross Loan Portfolio USD, 2011: 15.1 million

Number of active borrowers 2011: 142,814

Average loan balance per borrower USD, 2011: 105.9

Deposits USD, 2011: 0.0

Assets USD, 2011: 16.2 million

Number of depositors 2011: 0

Address:

T-61, Block-6, P.E.C.H.S (Nursery)

Karachi

Pakistan

Phone:

+ 92 21 5477179

Website:

www.asa-international.com/pakistan.htm

Products and Services:

Loans

Services Provided:

Full-scale Financial Services

% Operations Comprised by MF:

91 - 100

Date established:

Mar 19 2008

FYE:

31-Dec

Current Legal Status:

NGO

Regulated:

yes

Social Performance Profile


+ Mission specifics
+ Target markets (ranked by importance)
Women	1
Clients living in urban areas	2
Clients living in rural areas	3
+ Development goals (ranked by importance)
Increased access to financial services	1
Growth of existing businesses	1
Poverty reduction	2
Employment generation	2
+ Poverty targets
Poor clients
Low income clients
+ Governance
+ Range of products and services
+ Financial products and services offered
+ Credit products offered
Microcredit loans for microenterprises
SME loans
+ Savings products offered
+ Compulsory insurance products required
+ Voluntary insurance products offered
+ Other financial products and services offered
+ Non-financial services offered
+ Enterprise services offered
+ Education services offered
+ Health services offered
+ Women's empowerment services offered
Trainings focused on female financial empowerment.
+ Products and services targeting the poor
Products and services specifically designed to target the poor:
+ Social responsibility to clients
+ Client protection principles in use
The loan approval process requires evaluation of borrower repayment capacity and loan affordability. Loan approval does not rely solely on guarantees (whether peer guarantees, co-signers or collateral) as a substitute for good capacity analysis.
Internal audits check household debt exposure, lending practices that violate procedures including unauthorized re-financing, multiple borrowers or co-signers per household, and other practices that could increase indebtedness.
Prices, terms and conditions of all financial products are fully disclosed to the customer prior to sale, including interest charges, insurance premiums, minimum balances, all fees, penalties, linked products, third party fees, and whether these can change over time.
Staff is trained to communicate effectively with all customers, ensuring that they understand the product, the terms of the contract, their rights and obligations. Communications techniques address literacy limitations (e.g. reading contracts out loud, materials in local languages).
Acceptable and unacceptable debt collection practices are clearly spelled out in a code of ethics, book of staff rules or debt collection manual.
The organization's corporate culture values and rewards high standards of ethical behavior and customer service.
A mechanism to handle customer complaints is in place, has dedicated staff resources, and is actively used. (Suggestion boxes alone are generally not considered adequate.)
Customers know how their information will be used. Staff explains how data will be used and seeks permission for use.
+ Cost of services to clients
Flat interest method
+ Social responsibility to staff
+ Human resources
Transparency on salary (a clear salary scale based upon market salaries)
Benefits (medical insurance, pension contribution)
Equality (anti-discrimination, equal pay for men and women with equivalent skill levels)
+ Basis of staff incentives related to social performance
+ Social responsibility to the environment
This institution raises clients' awareness about environmental impacts
+ Poverty measurement tools in use
Per capita household income

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