Impact investment and finance
We provide evidence on what works in financial inclusion and impact investing, assessing whether investments are additional to the market, mobilisation of finance and development impact and generating learning on what works in supporting poor people to access and use savings and lending mechanisms.
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Evaluation of GrowthAfrica’s support to ventures in East Africa
GrowthAfrica was formed in 2002 with the aim of seeing economic growth and social transformation accelerated through...
Intellecap’s direct support to ventures in East Africa
Intellecap was founded in India in 2002 and combines advisory services, capital and networks, providing early stage impact...
Evaluation of Enclude’s Variable Payment Obligation (VPO) Programme
Enclude is an advisory firm dedicated to building more sustainable small growth businesses (SGBs) and institutions by offering...
Evaluation of Impact Hub’s Latin America Scaling Programme
Impact Hub is a global network of entrepreneurial communities, places, and programs that inspire, connect and catalyze impact....
Learning about learning. Wait! What?
I’ve been spending the last couple of weeks thinking about Learning Partnerships, what they are, what they can offer and how...
Assessment of Co-op/One Foundation WASH projects
Itad were asked by Co-op to undertake an independent social impact assessment of Co-op’s partnership with The One...
British International Investment’s mobilisation of private investment
Increasingly, international consensus is that private finance is critical to filling the development financing gap and...
What do we mean by client empowerment in financial inclusion and how do we do it?
At the 2017 SEEP Annual Conference, I had the pleasure to facilitate a session with colleagues from the Mastercard Foundation...
Summary Paper: Retrospective Impact Assessment 2005-2015, Financial Sector Deepening Trust Tanzania
During 2016, Itad, in association with MicroSave, undertook an impact assessment of Financial Sector Deepening Trust...
Final Report: Retrospective Impact Assessment 2005-2015, Financial Sector Deepening Trust Tanzania
During 2016, Itad, in association with MicroSave, undertook an impact assessment of FSDT’s programme of work from 2005 to 2015.
Mastercard Foundation’s Savings Learning Lab
The Savings Learning Lab supported learning among the Foundation’s savings sector portfolio programmes and the wider sector...
Learning from Financial Diaries
I was recently invited to a workshop on Financial Diaries (FDs), involving financial inclusion (FI) practitioners and experts...
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith heads Itad’s Project Management Unit. He has a background in water and environmental management.
Retrospective Impact Assessment of the Financial Sector Deepening Trust of Tanzania
Itad, in collaboration with our partner MicroSave, will be conducting an evaluation to assess the impact that the Financial...
Evaluation of the Dutch Good Growth Fund
Itad, together with SEO Economic Research, has been selected to perform the impact evaluation of the first 5-years of the...
HMG Climate Change Compass: evaluating the UK’s International Climate Fund (ICF)
As climate change continues to create new and complex challenges, more agile approaches to development and environmental...
