| MFIs in Pakistan

Mission:

To struggle for a just and democratic society through making marginalized communities socio-economically empowered.

Background and Main Challenges:

Working for poverty allieviation

Address:

Bholay Shah Bazar, Mandi Faizabad, Tehsil Nankana Sahib

Nankana Sahib

Punjab

039470

Pakistan

Phone:

(92) 562 882 050

Fax:

(92) 562 882 552

Email:

rcdspak [at] gmail [dot] com

Website:

www.rcdspk.org

Products and Services:

Loans

Voluntary Savings

Training and Consulting

Looking for (Investment Types):

Equity

Loans in Local Currency

Loans in USD

Capacity-Building Grants

Donations

% Operations Comprised by MF:

91 - 100

Date established:

Jan 1 1998

FYE:

31-Dec

Current Legal Status:

NGO

Regulated:

yes

Social Performance Profile


+ Mission specifics
+ Target markets (ranked by importance)
Women	1
Rural women	1
Clients living in rural areas	1
Clients living in urban areas	2
Adolescents and youth (below 18)	2
+ Development goals (ranked by importance)
Youth opportunities	1
Gender equality and women's empowerment	1
Water and sanitation	1
Increased access to financial services	1
Improvement of adult education	1
Poverty reduction	1
Development of start-up enterprises	1
Employment generation	1
Children's schooling	2
Growth of existing businesses	2
Health improvement	3
Housing	4
+ Poverty targets
Poor clients
Low income clients
+ Governance
Has trained members of its board on social performance management
Has a formal board committee that monitors social performance
+ 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 agriculture
Livestock and intrest free loan for the ultra poor
+ Savings products offered
Voluntary savings accounts
+ Compulsory insurance products required
Compulsory credit life insurance
+ Voluntary insurance products offered
Voluntary credit life insurance
Voluntary life insurance
+ 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
Basic medical services
+ Women's empowerment services offered
Leadership training for women
Women's rights education/gender issues training
Counseling/legal services for female victims of violence
Social mobilization program
+ 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.
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
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)
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
Outreach to remote/rural communities
Outreach to women
Quality of interaction with clients based on client feedback mechanisms
Quality of social data collected
Client retention/drop-out rate
Portfolio quality
+ Social responsibility to the environment
This institution raises clients' awareness about environmental impacts
This institution trains/educates clients regarding environmental improvements
This institution includes specific clauses in its loan contracts to mitigate specific environmental risks
This institution identifies enterprises with environmental risk
This institution offers lending lines linked to alternative energies

+ Poverty measurement tools in use
Grameen Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI)
National poverty scorecard

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