Led by a broad coalition of microfinance institutions, networks, funders and practitioners, the Smart Campaign ensures that providers of financial services to low-income populations take concrete steps to protect their clients from potentially harmful financial products.

CGAP’s SmartAid Index is the first index that measures and rates how funders work in microfinance. This year, eleven brave funders threw open their doors and agreed to find out if they are indeed properly equipped to provide funding and technical assistance for microfinance.

The IS Program, a joint initiative of CGAP and the EU/ACP Microfinance Programme, evaluates products to help MFIs make sense of the many options out there – its Software Listings profiles more than 85 products available for purchase.