We are thankful to Mastercard Foundation for recognizing the importance of sector-wide quality programming guidelines as a basis for consumer protection, and for partnering with us in their development. Please note that the views and opinions expressed here do not necessarily represent the official viewpoint of the Foundation. We acknowledge the efforts of members of the advisory committee, who volunteered their time to shape the content of the Guidelines and who reviewed numerous drafts, always providing valuable inputs. For their assistance in developing the Guidelines and for sharing their views and experiences, as well as valuable tools, manuals, and studies, we thank Susan Wesley Vega (World Vision), marc bavois (Catholic Relief Services), Guy Vanmeenen (Catholic Relief Services), Sophie Romana (Oxfam America), Kaelyn DeVries (Project Concern International), Janet Karsgaard (World Relief Canada), Boubacar Diallo (Plan International), Gabrielle Athmer (Independent Consultant), Milmer Martinez Vergara (Plant With Purpose), and Nisha Singh (The SEEP Network). Finally, we thank those members of the SEEP Network's Savings-Led Working Group who participated in written surveys and interviews, and who helped inform concerns, opportunities, and priorities around program quality emerging in the field.
Paul Rippey, Candace Nelson, and Eloisa Devietti | November 2015
The development of the Program Quality Guidelines has benefited from the input of a diverse range of contributors. Contributing organizations include:
ABSCM
Access Africa
ACCODEO
Acholi Education Initiative
Africare
AKF / MSDSP
Arabella Advisors
Brandeis University
Bright Hope International
Calipso Lda
CARE
CARE Kenya
CARE Malawi
CBM, Nigeria
Chemonics International
Children of the World
Foundation (COW Foundation)
Community Development
and Relief Trust (CODERT)
CPALI
CRS
CRS Kenya
CRS/EFI Africa
DAI
EARDP-Community Initiatives
Evangelical Fellowship of
Zambia
Fadhili Trust, Kenya
Freedom from Hunger (FFH)
FHI 360
Fidelity Bank
Food for the Hungry
Frontline Associates Limited
FSD Kenya
FSD Zambia
Fundación Capital
Fundasaun Esperansa Enclave Oecusse (FEEO)
George Mason University
GHAMFIN
Global Communities
HOPE International
HopeFin Trust, Ghamfin
IDE
IED Microfinanzas
International Committee of the Red Cross
LGP
Light For Change
Mastercard Foundation
Maxwell School
Mercy Corps
Mercy Partnership Fund
MicamaSoley, Haiti
Microfinance Council of
the Philippines
Microfinance Exposure
Microfion Plus Ghana
Microsave, Kenya
Mpendulo Savings
Mponya-Society
NAFAKA
National Economic
Empowerment Council (NEEC)
Ndasunungurwa Trust
Ni Sisi
Nowa Moyie Foundation
Organization for Rehabilitation and Development in Ahmara (ORDA)
Oxfam America
Pact Tanzania
Project Concern International (PCI)
Philanthropiece Foundation
Plan International
Plan Tanzania
Plan West Africa
Plan Zambia
Plan Niger
Plan Togo
Plan USA
PlaNet Finance
Plant With Purpose
Power Africa Project
Reach Global
S3IDF (The Small-Scale Sustainable Infrastructure Development Fund)
SaveAct
Savings Revolution
SNV USA
Sterling Micro Development Consultants (Rwanda) Limited
Tanzania Micro-finance Association of Practioners (TIMAP)
TARANGO
The Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Trickle Up
University of Bath
USAID – US Agency for International Development
VSL Associates
World Relief
World Relief Canada
World Relief Germany
World Vision
World Vision Brazil
World Vision Ethiopia
World Vision International
World Vision Zambia
Zimbabwe Association of Microfinance Institutions
The Program Quality Guidelines are an initiative of the SEEP Network
supported by the Mastercard Foundation Savings Learning Lab and Itad.
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