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Social Performance Report 2010: Integrating Social Goals
Evaluating social performance of Oikocredit International
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This report presents the social performance results of Oikocredit International, a social investment organization, for the year 2010.
Oikocredit is among the worlds largest private funders for the microfinance sector. It provides credit to small and medium enterprises, fair trade organizations and trade cooperatives. The report outlines Oikocredit's social performance strategy. It discusses performance and activities during 2010 in the following areas:
- Implementation of Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI) among Oikocredit partners;
- Capacity building for MFIs;
- Support for bottom and middle segment MFIs;
- Focus on community enterprises;
- Commitment to the principles for investors in inclusive finance;
- Partnerships with microfinance platforms and networks.
The report mentions the ratings and recognitions received by Oikocredit in 2010. It states that the challenge for Oikocredit is to make expectations regarding social returns as explicit as those regarding financial returns.
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