1. Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Haiti, Uganda, Tanzania Poverty Assessment Research of Eight FINCA Country Programs

2. How poor are FINCA’s new clients when they enter the program? Chart 1-Based on daily per-capita household expenditures (DPCE) as a proxy for income 44% of new clients have a DPCE of less than $1/day;

3. How poor are FINCA’s new clients when they enter the program? Chart 1a-Daily household expenditures expressed in Daily Minimum Wage equivalents (DMW)

4. How poor are FINCA’s current clients? Chart 2-Based on daily per-capita household expenditures Surprise: current clients are slightly poorer ($1.11) than new clients ($1.13), especially in El Salvador & Ecuador, the two programs showing mission drift.

5. How poor are FINCA’s ex clients? Chart 3-Based on daily per-capita household expenditures Another surprise: ex-clients are doing better ($1.14) than both current ($1.11) and new ($1.13)

6. How poor are FINCA’s non-clients in communities where FINCA works? Chart 4-Based on daily per-capita household expenditures Overall, non-clients ($1.15) are slightly better off than clients, but still 47% of them still live in severe poverty—meaning there is still many being left behind.

7. Does school attendance improve with higher levels of household expenditure?

8. Qualitative Findings