"SCALE" - Recommended Performance Measures
S Self-sufficiency Ratio Internally generated income
Total expensesC Capital Adequacy Capital (equity and debt)
Total assetsA Asset Quality Delinquency rate = Principal balance of loans with any missed payment
Total principal balance of all outstanding loansLoan loss rate = Annual loan loss
Average balance of all outstanding loansLoan ageings report L Liquidity Liquid funds (unlent loan capital)
Total assetsE Earnings quality Based on delinquency O Outreach
- # of clients served
- Market penetration
- Characteristics of clients, as appropriate
S Service Quality
- Demand for loans and technical assistance
Unit cost = Total costs for a service
Total units (or # of clients)I Impact
- Changes in client incomes
- # of jobs created
- # of businesses formed
- increases in sales
- Source:
- OECD (1996), "Microcredit in Transitional Economies" Paris: The Programme on Local Economic and Employment Development, OECD, p.74
Hari Srinivas - hsrinivas@gdrc.org
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