Asociación Para Inversión y Empleos

Gross Loan Portfolio USD, 2010: 6.5 million

Number of active borrowers 2010: 13,144

Average loan balance per borrower USD, 2010: 493.4

Deposits USD, 2010: 0.0

Assets USD, 2010: 7.3 million

Number of depositors 2010: —

Mission:

n/a

Address:

Av. Juan de Morfa #67 Villa Consuelo

Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

Fax:

(809) 688-6086

Email:

aspire [at] verizon [dot] net [dot] do

Main Funding Sources:

Grants

Loans

Products and Services:

Loans

Looking for (Investment Types):

Loans in Local Currency

Date established:

Jan 1 1981

FYE:

31-Dec

Current Legal Status:

NGO

Regulated:

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)
Poverty reduction	1
Increased access to financial services	2
Employment generation	3
Gender equality and women's empowerment	4
Growth of existing businesses	5
Improvement of adult education	6
Children's schooling	7
Health improvement	8
Housing	9
Development of start-up enterprises	10
Youth opportunities	11
Water and sanitation	12
+ Poverty targets
Very poor clients
Poor clients
Low income clients
+ Governance
+ Range of products and services
+ Financial products and services offered
+ Credit products offered
Microcredit loans for microenterprises
Microcredit for household needs/consumption
SME loans
Loans for education
Housing loans
+ Savings products offered
+ Compulsory insurance products required
Compulsory credit life insurance
+ Voluntary insurance products offered
+ Other financial products and services offered
+ Non-financial services offered
+ Enterprise services offered
Enterprise skills development
Business development services
+ Education services offered
Financial literacy education
Basic health/nutrition education
Child and youth education
Occupational safety and health in the workplace education
+ Health services offered
+ Women's empowerment services offered
Leadership training for women
+ Products and services targeting the poor
Products and services specifically designed to target the poor:	Préstamos Solidarios y Capacitación en el tema de Finanzas Personales
+ 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.
Productivity targets and incentive systems value portfolio quality at least as highly as other factors, such as disbursement or customer growth. Growth is rewarded only if portfolio quality is high.
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
Declining balance interest method
+ Social responsibility to staff
+ Human resources
Transparency on salary (a clear salary scale based upon market salaries)
Benefits (medical insurance, pension contribution)
Protection at work (safety, anti-harassment)
Equality (anti-discrimination, equal pay for men and women with equivalent skill levels)
+ Basis of staff incentives related to social performance
Ability to attract new clients from target market
Client retention/drop-out rate
Portfolio quality
+ Social responsibility to the environment
This institution trains/educates clients regarding environmental improvements
+ Poverty measurement tools in use

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