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The IDEAS team provides services to six categories of institutional clients in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and North America.
The following table displays different types of clients and a sample of the specific institutions to which services have been provided. IDEAS assists the staff of these clients to better understand the needs and preferences of the lower income clients and members so as to more effectively assist them in their own process of empowerment.
The following table displays different types of clients and a sample of the specific institutions to which services have been provided
| National associations of microfinance institutions | Large Private Voluntary Organizations (PVOs) based in USA or global north | Donors and financial institutions lending to micro-finance institutions | For profit entities interested in & promoting international development | Local or national level NGOs and national microfinance institutions | University programs at the graduate level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEEP Network (members in USA & Canada) | CARE USA | Calvert Foundation | Progressive Asset Management | Sinapi Aba Trust of Ghana (Opportunity International affiliate) | Southern New Hampshire University |
| ASOMIF of Nicaragua | Catholic Relief Services | Partners for the Common Good | Mangement Services International & CARANA | Fundación 4i2000 (World Vision affiliate in Nicaragua) | American U. School of Internat Studies |
| ALPIMED of El Salvador | Katalysis & its affiliates in four countries of Central Am. | Oikocredit (Ecumenical Dev. Coop. Society) – Netherlands | LFS Financial Systems GmbH of Germany | AGAPE of Columbia (Opportunity affiliate) | U. of Miami North-South Center |
| COPEME of Peru | OXFAM International and its affiliates | NOVIB of Netherlands | INFORED of El Salvador | FUNDEA of Guatemala & FADEMYPE of El Salvador (ACT of Belgium affiliates) | Tulane U & Union Institute & University |
| PHILNET of Philippines | MEDA of Canada | UNCDF/SUM | Enlace of El Salvador | PRESTANIC of Nicaragua | Universidad Don Bosco |
| COVELO of Honduras | Freedom from Hunger | Puerto Rico Com. Fnd. | City of Kingston Credit Union | AGAPE of Columbia (Opportunity Int.) | Universidad Americana – Nicaragua |
For information on how your institution can become one of our clients, please communicate with our Programmatic Office listed on the Contact Us page.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLIENTS AND A SAMPLE OF THE SPECIFIC INSTITUTIONS TO WHICH SERVICES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED
| National associations of microfinance institutions | Large Private Voluntary Organizations (PVOs) based in USA or global north | Donors and financial institutions lending to micro-finance institutions | For profit entities interested in & promoting international development | Local or national level NGOs and national microfinance institutions | University programs at the graduate level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEEP Network (members in USA & Canada) | CARE USA | Calvert Foundation | Progressive Asset Management | Sinapi Aba Trust of Ghana (Opportunity International affiliate) | Southern New Hampshire University |
| ASOMIF of Nicaragua | Catholic Relief Services | Partners for the Common Good | Mangement Services International & CARANA | Fundación 4i2000 (World Vision affiliate in Nicaragua) | American U. School of Internat Studies |
| ALPIMED of El Salvador | Katalysis & its affiliates in four countries of Central Am. | Oikocredit (Ecumenical Dev. Coop. Society) – Netherlands | LFS Financial Systems GmbH of Germany | AGAPE of Columbia (Opportunity affiliate) | U. of Miam North-South Center |
| COPEME of Peru | OXFAM International and its affiliates | NOVIB of Netherlands | INFORED of El Salvador | FUNDEA of Guatemala & FADEMYPE of El Salvador (ACT of Belgium affiliates) | Tulane U & Union Institute & University |
| PHILNET of Philippines | MEDA of Canada | UNCDF/SUM | Enlace of El Salvador | PRESTANIC of Nicaragua | Universidad Don Bosco |
| COVELO of Honduras | Freedom from Hunger | Puerto Rico Com. Fnd. | City of Kingston Credit Union | AGAPE of Columbia (Opportunity Int.) | Universidad Americana – Nicaragua |
| FINCA | COPEME | University of Mongolia | |||
| World Vision | ASA (India) | University of Maryland |
A PARTIAL LIST OF IDEAS’ RECENT CLIENTS, GROUPED BY THE TYPE OF SERVICE PROVIDED
| research on Micro-enterprise services | Impact Evaluation of Micro-enterprise services | Institutional Development | Consulting on Private Capital for Microcredit | Graduate Level Teaching and Practitioner Training |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMISAL (Honduras) | CARD (Philippines) | World Vision International | CARE USA | IRIS, the Institute for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector, University of Maryland |
| Prodesarrollo (Mexico) | AGUDESA (Guatamala) | World Vision USA | Calvert Foundation | Payson Center for International Development and Technology Transfer, Tulane University |
| COPEME (Peru) | APED (Ghana) | Katalysis Partnership | University of the North, Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa | |
| Catholic Relief Services; Learning Center ( Latin America) | Ethiopian Assoc. of Microfinance Institutions | FINCA (Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe) | School for Community Economic Development of Southern New Hampshire University | |
| ASOMIF (Nicaragua) | World Vision in East and West Africa | CARE-SEAD (Philippines) | FAO ( Italy): Develop course on Rural Finance | |
| City of Kingston ( Jamaica) Credit Union | Sinapi Aba Trust and Opportunity International ( Ghana) | FINCA (Latin America & Caribbean) | Microfinance Management Institute, University of Mongolia | |
| SEEP network | COVELO ( Honduras) | World Bank-IFC ( Mali) | United Nations Development Program ( Mongolia) | |
| Save the Children (Guatamala & US) | FUNDEA-FADEMYPE (Guatamala) | |||
| FONDO Empressarial (Guatamala) | COPEME-SEEP-AIM ( South America) | |||
| Fundacion 4i-2000-ADIM ( Nicaragua) | ||||
| ASCI (Etheopia) | ||||
| ASA (India) |