Announcement !

Hiring Alert! Analyst and Senior Analyst, Research and Evaluation | Sanjay Sinha, Director & Co-Founder re-appointed as the Managing Director of M-CRIL from 01 December 2022. | M-CRIL’s evaluation of UNCDF’s Expanding Financial Access (EFA) programme in Myanmar receives the 2022 UN Excellence Award for Gender Responsive Evaluations • Click here. to read the Evaluation Report | Client Protection Certifications: M-CRIL is approved by SPTF and CERISE to conduct Certifications using the newly launched CP Certification Framework. • For more details click here. | We have rebranded ourselves as M-CRIL Limited dropping the full form Micro-Credit Ratings International Limited

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Providers

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Our presence and reach

In 2021-22, we have worked in/with

17Countries
130Farmer Producer Organisations (Cumulative)
46Inclusive Financial Institutions
36Communities and MSMEs

We serviced clients with

15.7million low income customers
15.1million women borrowers
8.1billion USD portfolio

Areas of expertise

Ratings & Certifications

Due Diligence (DD)

Commercial, ESG

Impact Assessment

Economic development

Economic Development

Inclusive finance, Responsible finance

Agriculture, Value chains

Digital Financial Services

Client Protection

Social Performance Management

FPO promotion and capacity building

Programme evaluation

Equity Valuation

Livelihood promotion

Micro-Housing

MSME development

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH)

Poverty and inclusive growth

Poverty and inclusive growth

Gender and women empowerment

Gender and women empowerment

Food security, nutrition and health

Food security, Nutrition and health

Governance

Governance

Latest News

Cambodia Microfinance Advisory Notes - Carping Critics

The Cambodia microfinance sector has been under the spotlight of the international media and investors in recent years.  It is accused of aggressive lending leading to coercive behaviour towards poor clients causing landlessness and suicides.  Based on its recent impact assessment study of Cambod...

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Notes from the field

Key observations emerging from assessments/ratings of Farmer Producer Organizations - Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project (TNTRP)

We are pleased to share the key observations that have emerged from the assessments and ratings of 5 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs). These assessments were conducted by M-CRIL and commissioned by the Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project (TNTRP) also known as the Vaazhndhu Kaattuvom Proje...

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Publication

M-CRIL’s impact assessment of the microfinance sector in Cambodia released!

In late 2022, Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) commissioned M-CRIL Limited to conduct an independent impact assessment of the microfinance sector in Cambodia. This study, the first of its kind in the country, draws on survey responses from over 3,200 #microfinance client households and 40+...

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