ASSESSMENT

Microfinance Opportunities is a client-driven microenterprise resource center that seeks to increase poor people's access to high-quality financial services through action-research, training, and technical assistance to microfinance institutions. A non-profit established in 2002, Microfinance Opportunities focuses on financial education, risk management innovations including microinsurance, and client assessment, which includes market research and impact assessment. To achieve its objectives, Microfinance Opportunities forms partnerships and works collaboratively with a range of local and international partners, including Freedom from Hunger, The MicroInsurance Centre, and MicroSave. Microfinance Opportunities is based in Washington, D.C... The Financial Services Assessment project is Bill Melinda Gates Foundation funded project designed to examine the impact of financial services on the lives of poor people across the developing world.